<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 11, 2021, at 12:10 PM, Brad Loomis <<a href="mailto:brad.loomis@gmail.com" class="">brad.loomis@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: LucidaGrande; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">I failed to mention that pump gas regardless of octane at least here in Smogafornia are all blended with a minimum of 10% ethanol. That is the culprit in small engine demise. Other states may not be blessed with that curse. </span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">Plenty of places sell alcohol free gas, even in places where 10% ethanol is the norm - you can find stations near you with this at</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.pure-gas.org" class="">https://www.pure-gas.org</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It’s hard to imagine that it’s much different than what you buy when you buy premade mixes at the big box stores, and it less than half the price.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Roger</div></body></html>