Do you run ethanol free gasoline?

[palallin]

Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

or you could try to build one that works with regular fuel ? Why does everyone blame the fuel rather than the builder ?


oh it's the fuels fault . I did everything right but the fuel is the problem ... whaaa whaaa

OK, sure: It's all Chevy's fault. They should have built my '69 327 for Ethanol.

[siggyfreud]

Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

or you could try to build one that works with regular fuel ? Why does everyone blame the fuel rather than the builder ?


oh it's the fuels fault . I did everything right but the fuel is the problem ... whaaa whaaa

Name checks out . . .

[Grumpy old man]

Originally Posted by siggyfreud

Name checks out . . .

You must have missed the little smiley face ^

[Grumpy old man]

I guess we're just lucky here in E Tn , With all the hot rods and boats there are a few places to buy ethanol free gas .

[CMACDONALD1]

I thought this was interesting on how to remove ethanol from gasoline.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdDEL7WLN5U

[davischevy]

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

I have an electric fuel pump to feed the mechanical fuel pump on the engine. The electric fuel pump was installed by my FiL because of the running-out-of-fuel issue when switching tanks. The truck could use a gauge that reads each tank, instead of watching the odometer. I see that those were available. Gonna have to look around for that.

Does your truck ever vapor lock Steve? I might try piggybacking the electric fuel pump.

The guy that does my blasting has a D100 and he said the addition of an electric fuel pump helped bit did not eliminate the problem.

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by davischevy

Does your truck ever vapor lock Steve? I might try piggybacking the electric fuel pump.

The guy that does my blasting has a D100 and he said the addition of an electric fuel pump helped bit did not eliminate the problem.

It did vapor lock on me in February of '18. The water temp at the time was about 260º, pulling the travel trailer through Randsburg, CA. It was pretty hot out, especially for February. I recently installed a severe duty fan clutch to get better cooling. Seems to be running cooler, but the temp still creeps up at idle.

[LostMy65]

I wonder if any of those ethanol gas additives will minimize some of the issues with fuel lines, carbs, and water.

[special-K]

The additives only "extend" fuel's life some and limit the issues a bit.

My truck fuel starves when I get on it when it's right warm out. I want to install a wood gasket/spacer. I don't think the truck runs hot. If it still starves out I guess I have the gunk in my varb and it's time for another tear down

Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

I guess we're just lucky here in E Tn , With all the hot rods and boats there are a few places to buy ethanol free gas .

As if all the hot rods and boats have anything to do with it. More like politics and a state's level of action taken for environmental concerns, I believe. I care about the environment but I think ethanol is more a farse than helping anything. My state has tons of boats and hot rods but it's a state with a greater concern for environment than many others, so politicians take measures to make their public "think" they are doing more to help it.

I did get your comment about blame the builder, if you meant rebuilder. There are rebuilders who claim they build the carbs for ethanol to eliminate the issues. I'd like to try that out. But if the fuel can rust out a gas tank I feel there can still be issues with water build up anywhere in any system. It's just prevalent in carbs by their design

[72c20customcamper]

Tim how did you far as far all the flash flooding in dc,VA and MD? Saw it on the news last night some place got hit real hard.

In NY it's up to the county about non ethanol sales. I can go to a Stewerts in Ulster and they have it but the one 5 miles away in Orange county is all ethanol. I think the farmers and loggers have a lot to do with it here. And non ethanol is the same if not a few cents cheaper the ethanol high test.

[Motorfist]

If you're unsure if any station in your area has non-ethanol or want to find it when traveling, I use the Pure Gas phone app. You can also find stations on their website pure-gas.org

[special-K]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Tim how did you far as far all the flash flooding in dc,VA and MD? Saw it on the news last night some place got hit real hard.

In NY it's up to the county about non ethanol sales. I can go to a Stewerts in Ulster and they have it but the one 5 miles away in Orange county is all ethanol. I think the farmers and loggers have a lot to do with it here. And non ethanol is the same if not a few cents cheaper the ethanol high test.

I fared well Mark. Thanks for asking. Frederick is at the western side of the same watershed along the Monocacy River and just east of the Blue Ridge. It's at the low point of Monocacy Valley. I'm a little valley up against Parr's Ridge, the Piedmont summit that divides between water to the Chesapeake and Potomac River. So I'm in a headwaters area. My streams are tributaries to Liganore Creek that flows SW into the Monocacy just east of Frederick.

So it rained like it was going out of style but no flooding. The stream through the meadow next to me didn't even overflow, nor did the main one across the road. I'm good even when those flood. The old-timer who built this cabin picked a good spot. Last summer the meadow flooded three times, so I guess Frederick and/or Catoctin Mt had the storm linger over it longer. I got 2" in an hour after 1/2" overnight. Carroll Creek runs through Frederick down from the mountain.

Just up the road from me coming up out of the valley (north) there were several big red oaks that had to be cleared from the road. Must have had a mini-burst come through. At the top of that hill is a north/south divide. Above there the water flows north to the Monocacy by way of Sam's Creek. I traveled up Sam's Creek Rd to a job and could see it had flooded pretty bad. One place where the road floods regularly I could see the water had come up really far. Was probably 4-5' deep on the road

Originally Posted by Motorfist

If you're unsure if any station in your area has non-ethanol or want to find it when traveling, I use the Pure Gas phone app. You can also find stations on their website pure-gas.org

I've looked at that same guide online since I'm not a smart phone user. The only non-ethanol in my state is at marinas and airports, and from what I hear not all marinas are ethanol-free. I would not put anything in a boat but non-ethanol. Those places aren't listed in that guide which only addresses filling stations for autos.

I live in a four state area with VA, WVA, and PA all a short drive away. But running 45min -1 hr to fill up is obviously not an option unless traveling in that direction. Aviation fuel ain't cheap and you have to fill cans at most marinas since the pumps are dockside.

My chain saw is down for the second time as a victim of an etho-terror attack. Last time I decided it made sense to "buy the canned mix, cheaper than the fix", which would make a good slogan for them. Well, all winter long when I'm running through tank after tank regularly I still used pump crap. I lost track of how long the saw sat unused and it bit me in the ass again! I should have thought of this before, since those little cans of mix are ridiculously expensive, go fill small engine cans out of state!