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Old 10-06-2013, 12:31 PM
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Default Storing Vette with 10% Ethanol Fuel

Its getting harder and harder to find higher octane non-ethanol fuel in our area....we have a consistent supply of 93 octane E10 which we use in the Summer but wish to store with non E fuel for the Winter.
Are any of you storing your cars for 6 mos with E10 having any problems with it?
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Old 10-06-2013, 01:11 PM
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If you mean 10% ethanol,we all do in the northeast..Just fill it,drop a bottle of stabil in the tank and you'll be fine.It won't break.
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Been doing it for 5 years, with no problems at all.
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E10 doesn't seem to have any negative effects after four months of storage. It's just gas, IMHO.
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Just fill the tank and mod the hell out of it all winter... Works for me..
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I push the stop button, connect a battery maintainer, that is it.
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I was going to start a thread and ask about putting non oxygenated gas in our cars and if it's ok to so. Does it make any difference to the car? I know it's not legal to use, but was thinking of using it for storage.
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Originally Posted by R&L's C6
I was going to start a thread and ask about putting non oxygenated gas in our cars and if it's ok to so. Does it make any difference to the car? I know it's not legal to use, but was thinking of using it for storage.

^ I thought you filled up with Jack Daniels prior to winter storage ???
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Make sure to get the GREEN Sta-Bil. It's made for gas with ethanol. It's not as easy to find as the red, but better hardware stores carry it.

After you add it to the gas, go for a drive for a few miles. That will mix it all up, and get it in the lines and to the injectors.
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Originally Posted by michaelinmech
^ I thought you filled up with Jack Daniels prior to winter storage ???
I prefer a good bourbon over whiskey..
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Originally Posted by michaelinmech
^ I thought you filled up with Jack Daniels prior to winter storage ???
Originally Posted by R&L's C6
I prefer a good bourbon over whiskey..

^ I didn't mean YOU filling up before winter, I was referring to your Vette

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