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Post by Sunny Boy » Tue. Aug. 07, 2018 12:37 pm

E-free gas has been shown to help small engines, such as lawnmowers and weedwhackers run better, but now that e-free gas is becoming more widely available, we're also finding that pre-fuel injected antique cars are having fewer fuel related problems.

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Post by bambooboy » Tue. Aug. 07, 2018 2:09 pm

Sunny Boy wrote:
Tue. Aug. 07, 2018 12:37 pm
E-free gas has been shown to help small engines, such as lawnmowers and weedwhackers run better, but now that e-free gas is becoming more widely available, we're also finding that pre-fuel injected antique cars are having fewer fuel related problems. no ethanol free gas available in my area unless at the small airports or boat marinas. my model A truck runs fine using ethanol.not so much weed wackers& chainsaws. rubber gas lines on these last about 3 or 4 years.

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Post by warminmn » Tue. Aug. 07, 2018 3:22 pm

My Dads Model A runs a heck of a lot better on E free, night and day difference. Its probably a case by case thing.

Im wishing I hadnt used E in my 73 ford truck. The hoses are hard as a rock and the mechanical fuel pump quit, which was a reman and put on in 2009. I doubt I put 10,000 miles on it since bringing it back to life.

 
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Post by coaledsweat » Tue. Aug. 07, 2018 6:30 pm

Everything runs better on E free.

 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Tue. Aug. 07, 2018 6:38 pm

bambooboy wrote:
Tue. Aug. 07, 2018 2:09 pm
my model A truck runs fine using ethanol.not so much weed wackers& chainsaws. rubber gas lines on these last about 3 or 4 years.

Wait until you see what e-gas does to the brass parts of your fuel system.

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Post by snuffy » Tue. Aug. 07, 2018 7:52 pm

Finding e free difficult to find in my area so I use aviation 100LL. It a little pricey ($7.00/gal) but my Briggs & Stratton's carb's don't ice up in the middle of cutting two acres of grass.


 
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Post by Sunny Boy » Wed. Aug. 08, 2018 7:55 am

That's what I find strange. Some states have very few gas stations that offer efree, yet here in NYS, which is almost as bad as California when it comes to the political control the eco-wackos have, just about every station I go into now has efree 91 octane. And it only costs about $.70 to $.80 cents more a gallon than regular.

For low driving distance cars such as antiques, that's far cheaper than having to rebuild their fuel systems every few years.

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Post by CapeCoaler » Wed. Aug. 08, 2018 9:36 am

100LL is but $5 here on The Cape at HYA...

 
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Post by rberq » Sun. Nov. 25, 2018 10:01 am

"A decade ago, the U.S. mandated the use of vegetable oil in biofuels, leading to industrial-scale deforestation — and a huge spike in carbon emissions."

A long but informative article on the environmental devastation triggered by the United States requirement for ethanol in gasoline.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/magazine/palm- ... rophe.html

 
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Post by lsayre » Sun. Nov. 25, 2018 10:26 am

With ethanol at 15%, we've already noticed that we are getting about 6.5% less MPG.

So for us 15% ethanol gas at $2.29/gal. and 10% ethanol gas at $2.45/gal. are costing us roughly exactly the same amount.

 
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Post by Rob R. » Sun. Nov. 25, 2018 11:11 am

Larry, are your gasoline pumps labeled differently? Ours still say "May contain up to 10% ethanol". I have no idea what the ethanol content actually is.

 
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Post by hotblast1357 » Sun. Nov. 25, 2018 11:34 am

And I’ve never seen one say more than 10%??

So I should be running 91 non ethanol for best fuel mileage?

 
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Post by lsayre » Sun. Nov. 25, 2018 12:08 pm

Rob R. wrote:
Sun. Nov. 25, 2018 11:11 am
Larry, are your gasoline pumps labeled differently? Ours still say "May contain up to 10% ethanol". I have no idea what the ethanol content actually is.
I guess I'd better check. We could be seeing lower fuel economy due to only doing local romps with the cars. Perhaps I was a bit hasty here in blaming ethanol.

 
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Post by CapeCoaler » Sun. Nov. 25, 2018 12:31 pm

Some of the newer vehicles have a sensor for alcohol content and displays the info...
Sometimes when blending you may get a batch with extra alcohol %...
The macro view of energy consumed to produce a gallon of ethanol blended gasoline...
A net energy loss...
If not for government subsidies and regulations...
This would have never happened in the free market...
Simply due to the real cost of the ethanol...
If you have a newer vehicle the computer modifies the fuel delivery systems...
To maximise the engine effiency...


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