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You shoulda seen what the bottoms of my fiberglass fuel tanks in my 34 Hatteras looked like. Dissolved most of the resin out of the tanks and deposited it on my valve stems. I have several spare peanut heads even though the tanks are long gone.
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you know up here in good ole Mass, they have Corn Hole competitions and no one seems to know what it refers too. Everytime I hear it I laugh.They make accessories too!! https://www.cornhole.com/
Then theres this guy
Last edited by Rescue Rogers; 05-04-2018 at 08:44 AM.
Man, I'm hearing these ethanol horror stories all over the country!
Every vintage/collector car board where I'm a member is crying about their carbs, fuel pumps, etc.
I have a '77 Cheyenne that I use as my daily driver. I've been chasing a fuel problem for two years. Carb overhaul, new fuel pump, all new rubber hoses front and rear, new sending units and socks in both tanks, etc., etc., etc. It eats fuel pumps. They only last 2 to 3 months. I'm sure the corn hole fuel is devouring them.
I love my truck but it's gotten to the point where I don't stray very far from home with it. Too many times towed back home.
I know there is a phone app and a web site for ethanol free gas "Pure gas.org." which will show you were to buy, but there are none located anywhere near me.
It's not just the ethanol it's the 'oxygenation' that they do on top of it that trashes everything.
Ethanol has been a round for a while and like any other alchohol, absorbs water.
Adding oxygen is like putting the ethanol on steroids and everything starts corroding in short order.
I'm systematically converting all my cars to EFI just because of that problem and I'm tired of having to rebuild carburetors every year because they corrode from the inside out from just sitting.
It's maddening...
In Florida we have Wawa gas stations, and they all seem to have ethanol free. I haven't bothered using it in my wife's 06 land rover, but that's all I will run in my '67 jeep
There are a couple of stations here that carry real gas. I do go out of my way to fill there.
When driving too or from CA, I always stop at the Morongo casino to fill up. Pump says that it can be up to 10% ethanol but my gas mileage says otherwise.
To the OP, wouldn’t surprise me if it contributes to fuel separator failure but more likely it’s the rubber hoses that lead to and from it.
Have 4 cars. The DD is a '17 Lincoln mkz hybrid, '99 Jaguar xk-8,'93 jaguar xjr-s, and a '69 corvette. we burn 100% gas in all 4. corn is for eating and making whiskey.
Does premium gas contain ethanol? Up here in Nova Scotia I don't think it does. I use premium in all my gas powered small engines.
Of course it does how to you think the high octane comes from? The higher the octane the more alcohol in it.
Now I am questioning myself because I have read that Canada is completely self supportive when it comes to oil and gas. Here in the US we add all sorts of crap to make it go further.
I’m pretty sure ethanol has very little if anything to do with octane.
All the gas up around the Chicago area is 10% ethanol, regardless if it’s 87 or 93 octane.
Most of the $8 a gallon racing gas does not contain any.
As said earlier, ethanol is just a method to stretch a gallon of gas further....
Did a bit of googling and found this helpful link below. It may have been posted elsewhere in other posts. Anyway, it lists ethanol free gas stations in North America. Accuracy unknown. For the most part, there is NO ethanol in premium gas in Canada!
Hey, thanks for the link res.
Shows there is one in Indio, CA. That's 20 miles from me so it might not be great for the Corvette but I could run my Cheyenne over there to fill both tanks.
We have a fair amount of ethanol free premium around the Twin Cities - typically marked for use on small engines and recreational vehicles. Some of us just note where those stations are and fill regularly there to avoid the dreaded ethanol.
05-03-2018, 03:47 PM
Corn Hole?
