ethanol fuel mixtures  By  scootdoggydog (Read 3,111 times)

Feb 27, 2014 23:13:47 GMT -5 alleyoop said:

Never heard so much to do about nothing, just about every gas station their blends have Ethanol up to 10%. On my trike been using Shell over 40 years in my cars and now my trike. I have YET to have to clean my carb for anything, I do use seafoam 1 oz per gallon and every gallon not just once every other time. I pour 4 1/2 oz of seafoam in my 5 gallon gas can and then fill it with 4 1/2 gallon of gas. Been doing this since june of 2009 when I got the trike and not one bit of a problem. As a matter of fact the original fuel lines and vacuum lines are still on there and I have almost 11,000 miles on it.

The ones that get bit are the ones that go to the cheap gas stations, think, why do you think their gas is much cheaper than the well known brands Its the mixture they use, you get what you pay for.
Alleyoop

Went to my local Shell this past summer, almost ended up walking!   Even told you about, it drained tank and scooter and got nearly a pint of water out of a 3 gallon tank, they use ethanol. (puke)Only reason I stopped there is because I wasn't paying attention to the fuel gauge and passed by the "real" gas station that doesn't sell the watered down gas.

I only put a tad of seafoam in maybe 3 times a year, throw it away, use ethanol Shell for a year and then report back and let us know how she's doing and don't let your tools rust so they'll be handy to clean the gunk out of that old carb!   Especially  let it sit for the winter with that good old whisky blend gas and see how she acts when spring comes, and don't use any seafoam either.   Corn has a lot of good uses, gas isn't one of them.

Also just for kicks put one gallon of Shell in a gas can this fall, no additives, just sit it on the shelf in the garage, wait to say April, open it up, take a good smell of it, poor it out slowly into something glass that you can see through, watch what you find in the bottom, do the same with a gallon of non-ethanol gas if you can find any at all and compare. 40 years ago Shell sold real gas and you remember this too, didn't need seafoam then cause you weren't worried about water or corn.

Only corn you used was to eat and be merry with!

JR

Mar 1, 2014 14:07:15 GMT -5 alleyoop said:

Well your experience is because out in the boonies they get away with no inspections so the owners get away with stuff like that. Around here the gas stations get inspected to make sure their gas it up to par. I would bet that most will go and fill up with the cheapest stuff they can find then when it starts to sputter and not burn right they complain(YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR). Then on top of that they go and buy an additive which by the way are not cheap. So the money they spent on the cheap gas and the additive you could have spent on a better grade of gas and not have any problems. Amazing how this stuff works ain't it

I agree years ago no corn additives used to run SUNOCO at the dragstrip, but now a days around here cheap gas with who knows what is in there so i stick with shell like I said for over 40 years and not one single problem. Even my snowblower sits all year round in the shed with gas in it and bring it out in the winter and it starts right up runs like a top. So this leave it sit and what not is nothing more than someone's own fault allowing water and condensation to accumulate then they blame the gas, GOT'S TO USE YOUR CABEZA

This is just like which oil is best another topic that is all in the perception of the user.
Alleyoop

Nope that's not going to work, this Shell station is in town right by one of the busiest interstates in the country Int 40 and besides the gas Shell brings to stations in Chicago is the same Shell gas company that visits Arkieland, that dog won't hunt. Shell is Shell and if they're gas is quality then it needs no inspections of any kind.

Snowblower? How much seafoam is in it? Again go buy gas in "any" station in Chicago, put it in a tightly sealed can or see through jar, sit in in the garage for 6 months and watch it separate and some water be left in the bottom of the container. BTW the day I bought the Shell with the pint of water I paid $3.59 per gallon and I didn't pay for water, had I not had my head in my lower region I could have bought real gas for $3.29 per gallon and that's no perception, it's a reality.