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I have ran ethanol free gas in my bike, car and truck to test against gas with ethanol. After running about three tanks through all of my vehicles I came to the conclusion that despite what most claim the gas mileage improvement was so minimal to not be worth the extra cost. They do charge more for ethanol free gas at the station I am able to purchase at. I do purchase and run the ethanol free gas in all my small engines and will fill my bike with it for winter storage but outside of that it's really all hype in my humble opinion and experience. It's not a game changer in MPG and there was no noticeable H.P. difference that I could detect on a normal day of riding.
I would not use ethanol free out of concern for mileage or performance but because of other technical problems that ethanol brings, i.e.: fuel stability, corrosion and adverse effects on certain materials in the fuel supply system. For this, I gladly pay a little more.
I would not use ethanol free out of concern for mileage or performance but because of other technical problems that ethanol brings, i.e.: fuel stability, corrosion and adverse effects on certain materials in the fuel supply system. For this, I gladly pay a little more.
For years I had no choice but to run the gas with the ethanol and have had absolutely nothing go wrong with any of my vehicles. I do think it could make a difference on older small engines or older verhicles developed long before ethanol came into existence. I will go out of my way to ensure I only use the ethanol free gas in any of my older engines such as a lawnmower or chainsaw engine but for any newer vehicle I seriously doubt it makes any difference at all. Just think of how busy all the auto repair places would be if ethanol were truly that bad for engines and the lawsuits would be unstoppable.
. I do think it could make a difference on older small engines or older verhicles developed long before ethanol came into existence. .
The small engine repair person that fixes my lawn mower tells me fuel problems associated with ethanol problems is epidemic. .
The only thing most people in my neighborhood do is run the tank and engine dry before they put the unit out of service. One of the worst things you can do. No wonder problems are epidemic.
Out of curiosity, why? We had an old Lawnboy mower that lasted for over 18 years. The only maintenance it required was a new spark plug and cutting blade when needed. We probably replaced the starter pull rope a few times too. It had a fuel valve under the tank and we never killed it by turning off the ignition. We'd close the fuel valve and let the engine run the carburetor dry. It only took about a minute so was no big deal. The main reason we did this was because the engine was a 2-stroke, requiring a fuel/oil mix and getting into that habit precluded the possibility of the engine sitting through the winter season with that oil mix evaporating in the float bowl but we never had any problems with it doing that, regardless of how long it sat before the next start up. We retired it when it started getting harder to start and besides, the mowing deck was seriously starting to deteriorate by then too.
Just wondering!
Ride Safe,
Steve R.