Bad Fuel for my other engines. Anybody with suggestions?

[Sieg]

I use "clear" premium for my motorcycles and maintenance equipment. E10 is a nightmare unless you own a small engine repair business.

[Fluid Power]

Originally Posted by Sieg

I use "clear" premium for my motorcycles and maintenance equipment. E10 is a nightmare unless you own a small engine repair business.

Is 'clear' premium gas without ethanol? I had my local race shop order in some VP-C9 gas.

This should help.

http://www.vpracingfuels.com/storagefuels

Darrren

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Fluid Power

Is 'clear' premium gas without ethanol? I had my local race shop order in some VP-C9 gas.

This should help.

http://www.vpracingfuels.com/storagefuels

Darrren

PERFECT!! I'm going to order some as well.... thanks for the great find!

Don't ya just love the internet. Thank gawd for Al Gore....

[GregWeld]

This might be handier for smaller amounts of use -- since 5 gallon jugs for lawn mowers etc might be a "lot" of gas...


http://www.vpracingfuels.com/sef-small-engine

[fleet]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Don't ya just love the internet. Thank gawd for Al Gore....

He stole the idea from Spiro T. Agnew...

[Fluid Power]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

PERFECT!! I'm going to order some as well.... thanks for the great find!

Don't ya just love the internet. Thank gawd for Al Gore....

I figured the extra cost is well worth it. I hate farting around with stuff that should just work when I want it to. The snow blower pushed me over the edge. That thing was not designed to be serviced - ever. What a PITA. I got it running and promptly drained all the gas again. My VP fuel should be in this week and I will refuel with that. I have been reading a ton about fuel and fuel storage. It seems that gas should not be stored in plastic containers. I have several of the big plastic 5 gallon gas cans that we use to race motocross. Looks like I might be switching to metal cans this season!

Darren

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Fluid Power

It seems that gas should not be stored in plastic containers.Darren

Care to share??


I use VP Fuels 5 gallon race fuel containers - but I think they're still just polypropylene or whatever they're made of.

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Care to share??


I use VP Fuels 5 gallon race fuel containers - but I think they're still just polypropylene or whatever they're made of.

The last in ground fuel tanks I saw being installed in a gas station were plastic.

I've been storing my bike gas in plastic for years with no issues.

[Fluid Power]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Care to share??


I use VP Fuels 5 gallon race fuel containers - but I think they're still just polypropylene or whatever they're made of.

I swear I was reading that on a site I was researching. The closet thing I ran across again was that plastic cans aid in the breakdown of ethanol and gas when stored in for a period of time. Racing motocross, the gas doesn't last that long. The yard gas on the other hand. I will be digging around for more info.

Darren

[Sparks67]

I never used Stabil in any my 2 stroke gas engines, and never had an issue. Echo leaf blower and weed wacker and John Deer snow blower starts fine, after sitting close to a year. I am just down the road from you, and all I use is 87 octane fuel from Sunoco or Marathon and mix with Echo 2 power blend oil. Echo does have a fuel stabilizer that is built in. I store them in Polyethylene (plastic) cans. Never have an issue with them.

Perhaps it is where you buy your fuel.

Jeff