Originally Posted By: tpitcher
Originally Posted By: Letter_K
I do have to laugh at all the comments like "I've used non-ethanol" gas for XX years and mine runs great."
I'm quite the contrary. I live in Minnesota and almost all regular gas, except for that rare station with racing gas has had ethanol for at least 10 years. Contrary to popular and misguided belief I still have working cars and small engines. That even considers that many of it gets stored wet for the winter. According to many of you , I should be on my 5th lawnmower in the last 8 years.
I have a feeling this is what it was like in England when people resisted fluoride in the water.
Well, I'm in Minnesota also and what I've stated above is the truth. NO Issues! Perhaps you're running into other factors for your issues...
BTW: You're wrong.
There are MANY gas stations in MN that have Non-Oxy Gas that's not racing gas - here's the list, along with Octane levels, to prove it:
http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=MN
Well, I'm in Iowa and I've been running 10% ethanol in everything for 30 years or more, and I too have no issues. Wait, let me get this emphasis right...NO Issues!
That includes my tiller that gets run once a year, my 1960's vintage David Bradley chain saw that gets run once or twice a year, my 1975 John Deere 210, my 4 Ford N tractors, one of which only gets run once or twice a year when I take it to shows and one that only gets run in the winter to plow my 200+ driveway, my John Deere 757 mower, and a handful of other small engines all of which get stored with fuel in them.
And, like Letter_K, I get a chuckle out of the people who think ethanol is the cause of all their ills.