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Location: Okayama, Japan
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My 40 year old Stihl chainsaw starts much easier with high octane gas. They don’t use ethanol in the gas where I live. Haven’t noticed any degradation in the gas even after 6 months.
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![]() If I were an occasional user, I'd consider that option but I have a lot of 2-cycles that are thirsty. edited: I don't "baby" stuff by draining after using....some sit around for months....never have, never will...it's just not feasible. Last edited by KFC911; 10-21-2019 at 03:37 AM.. |
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: South West Florida
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I use ethanol free, but what about 100ll from your local airport? It shouldn’t be much more than $5 bucks or so a gallon.
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Probably cheaper to run AV gas or the stuff you buy for the quart than to have to fix the damage from the ethanol
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Join Date: May 2004
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I "try" to switch to Avgas (100LL) for storage on my seasonal stuff. Sometimes I just don't get around to it and end up putting Stabil in at a minimum. I also once again have 91 non ethanol in my home tank, but I do not trust it as much as Avgas. Avgas will last years in storage with no deposits or rotted fuel lines. I have run it in pretty much every piece of equipment I own at one point or another (chainsaws, mx bikes, snowmobiles, boats, cars, street bikes, airplanes etc).
All but the airplanes I run the ethanol crap when in seasonal use.... Just not for storage or I end up with carb and fuel line problems coming out of storage.
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I always run my machines dry before I store them. I noticed in the manual for my generator, it said not to use anything over 87 octane. If I have extra fuel I want to keep for a while, I treat it with marine Stabil.
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^^^^ I knew a lot of folks who ran their small outboards dry back in the day even before ethanol appeared...I never did though...for 27 years. Mine was a six cyl that required 93 octane. I was "warned" that unless all 6 run dry at the same instant...then ya got unlubricated friction. I was a kid, so I listened (true or not)...it would have been an expensive lesson for sure
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We have a gasoline powered tug in our hangar to push the airplane back into the hangar. On every pre flight, we sump of airplane numerous sump's to check for water. No water, the remaining is dumped in our tug engine. So it runs on avgas. It never seems to get old.
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Off the grid- Almost
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Nothing but 100LL Avgas for my small stuff.
Now having a large generator that will run the whole house, the small, portable generator just collects dust in the far corner of the garage. Last year, needed some electricity far from the house, so I wondered if the small guy would start after sitting for a few years. First pull. Running perfectly. Yup. I'll keep using Avgas. |
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Join Date: May 2004
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I agree wholeheartedly...... Avgas definitely stays usable for a very long time (many years).
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