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Summer Gasoline Blends

SkinnedKnuckles

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Anyone know when the switch from Winter to Sumer blends occurs? I seem to think it's around May 1st, but can't find anything on it. I'm putting off tuning the carbs until around then....
 
Hey - good article. I'd heard the reason for the switch was to make winter starts easier. Must be spin. Glad the May 1 wasn't imagination.
 
TRED said:
I have heard up to 40% butane is used in Minnesota in the winter, which is also why winter milage drops.
That would be in "propane" aka LPG (liquefied petroleum gas), not "gasoline". And they do put butane in the propane (although I'm not sure about 40%) in areas where it gets below about -30F, to keep the vapor pressure up. Propane remains a liquid at -44F.
 
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