[AT] Modern Gasoline

Al Jones farmallsupera1 at gmail.com
Sun Aug 21 20:10:36 PDT 2016


All the pumps around here say the gas "may be up to 10% ethanol."  I
refuse to pay extra for the non-ethanol gas.

Al

On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 9:47 PM, David Rotigel <rotigel at me.com> wrote:
> I have never had any problem with 10% over a 9 mo. period—but I have always used Stabil for any more than a 2 month sitting time. As I did since way before they started adding the corn squeezing.
>         Dave
>
>> On Aug 21, 2016, at 9:05 PM, Howard Weeks <weeksh at att.net> wrote:
>>
>> If my experience is any indicator, your Super A did not have ethanol in it.
>>
>> Otherwise, you would be trying to burn water.
>>
>> Howard in GA
>>
>> On 8/21/2016 8:16 PM, Al Jones wrote:
>>> My Super A sat all winter and throughout the spring and most of the
>>> summer.  A couple weeks ago I charged the battery, turned on the gas,
>>> (It actually looked cloudy in the sediment bowl!) and hit the starter.
>>> It cranked right up.  I am convinced that some of the horror stories
>>> about new gas and ethanol are hooey.
>>>
>>> Al
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 6:47 PM, charlie hill
>>> <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Dick wouldn't this work as a replacement for the 5.5 vertical
>>>> http://www.harborfreight.com/55-hp-173cc-ohv-vertical-shaft-gas-engine-carb-69731.html
>>>>
>>>> Charlie
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Dick Day
>>>> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2016 11:20 PM
>>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>>> Subject: Re: [AT] Modern Gasoline
>>>>
>>>> Several years ago, I converted our 15-year old Generac generator to LP. It
>>>> always did start easy (electric start) but with LP I can connect it to our
>>>> 500gallon LP tank if we ever got stranded by a blizzard.
>>>>
>>>> My other gas implements (push mower, 2 garden tractors, power washer,
>>>> tiller) don't always start as easy even though I would let the gas run out
>>>> in the fall.    My plan was to convert every gas engine we had.  I've also
>>>> got a Troy Built sickle mower. That was next on my list to convert until I
>>>> discovered that there are no engines I can buy to replace the vertical
>>>> 5.5hp Briggs that's on there.  I don't think that converting it to LP would
>>>> necessarily hurt the engine but decided not to take a chance and never got
>>>> around to the other engines. I retire next spring. Once that happens, I'll
>>>> get back on my LP conversion project.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I just pulled out my power washer and realized it has not been run since
>>>>> March 2015.  Half a tank of fuel still sloshing around.  On the upside, I
>>>>> am always careful to turn off the gas and run the carb dry.  I am also
>>>>> careful to add Sta-Bil as soon as I purchase gas.  We have ethanol in our
>>>>> gas around here like in most places in the USA.
>>>>>
>>>>> It started on the first pull.  Literally.
>>>>>
>>>>> Engine is a 9HP Honda GX270 (I think).  I suppose there might be qualities
>>>>> of the engine (strong spark, strong fuel vaporization in the carb,
>>>>> whatever...) that help it run on crappy old gas.  Or something.  I'm still
>>>>> shaking my head in amazement.
>>>>>
>>>>> SO
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