Mr. Wonderful

There is finally a station not far from my house selling it, and wondering how your car performs with it.
Do you notice any performance differences? Anything at all different?
Is it worth driving 15 miles r/t to get some?
Thanks...

ddawson

Nope, none around me.

Faster Rat

You should get better gas mileage. Your fuel system components will last longer. Only you can decide if that is worth your extra time and money.

Iceaxe

5 mile round trip for me to fill up on pure gas. It solved my hot start issue. That crappy ethanol was boiling in my fuel line when I parked my car after driving on a hot day making the car really hard to start until things cooled off.

3JsVette

Same here. I haven't see a station carrying "pure gas" around this area.

doorgunner

In my area it costs the same as medium grade ethanol-laced gasoline. The higher price is offset by increased mpg so there is a performance advantage. As other members said....it treats the engine "better".

7T1vette

When I can find it and it doesn't cost more than 10% above 'regular'. Gas with 10% ethanol gets about 5-10% worse mileage; so it's nice when 'all' gas is available and at a decent price. Otherwise, I just go with the normal juice.

Rescue Rogers

only ethanol free I've found in my area is 108 octane and $10.00 a gallon.

Syl1953

I use it (non ethanol), but mix with Aviation 100L. Here in central Florida, there are WaWa and Race Trac stations popping up everywhere. Most all have a non ethanol pump. The signs out front showing fuel prices for the pure gas are illuminated in blue lighting as are the pump handles. Generally about 40 - 50 cents more per gallon. Mark

Wee

Not much of it around these parts and when you do find it plan on at least 50 cent extra.....I just add a splash of seafoam to every tank.

Brian

mikep3

In central/upstate New York gas is $2.20 a gallon we have 87 ethanol free (20 cents more then 10% ethanol) and 91ethanol free (40 cents more) ethanol.
If its hot out I use 91/ethanol free and starting in late September till I put the car up for winter I use 91 ethanol free.

RMVette

Yes, I run ethanol free gas because mine sits longer than it should!

pigfarmer

No choice in this area to use it. A friend travels with cans another county over to get ethanol free gas. If it makes a difference neither of us has noticed it.

NRAROX

Not available in the St. Louis area. Wish I could.

Don 68

You can check the web site pure-gas.org to see the listing by state and town for stations selling ethanol free gas.
Don

74Ken

I ONLY run ethanol free gas in EVERY toy I have that has a Carb.
Vette, lawn mower, trimmer, boats, snowmobile, jetski, etc.
If not you will gum up the carb. eventually.
I had 5 of them all messed up one year. Learned the hard $$$ way.

Ken

REELAV8R

I have only run ethanol free in mine.

If you can get it and it makes sense economically I would use the ethanol free gas.

Ethanol is a corrosive especially so due to it's affinity for water. It eats untreated metal and rubber, like the OEM rubber sections of our fuel system and the carb bowl. It might like to eat your diaphragm in the fuel pump and the accelerator pump as well.

In addition it can undergo phase separation which is when enough water in the air meets with the ethanol in your tank/carb it will settle out to the bottom creating a corrosion problem for you in those areas. If you DD your corvette then this would not be an issue. Most of us have them sitting for periods of time, sometimes long periods.

Iceaxe

I just looked at the pure gas app and there are several dealers in the St. Louis area, exactly how close they are to you or what they sell it for is a different question.

Wee

I had the same issues till I talked with an old timer small engine mechanic.....He recommended adding seafoam to every 5 gallon can of gas for my lawn equipment....That was over 5 years ago and I have not had a carb issue since....I figured it couldn't hurt the Vette either.

Brian

mortgageguy

It is worth the price difference. Better mileage, performance, start ups, long term storage. I haven't rebuilt my carb in 20 years.