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Old 09-15-2016 | 05:05 PM
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Ethanol free 91 here in NY on the water and at most gas stations on land. I run it in all my snowmobiles, lawn equipment, Corvettes (when I had them) and my Harleys. I even put it in my kid's 86 El Camino.
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Old 09-15-2016 | 07:05 PM
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All my marinas have ethenol free Valvetech come to think of it I dont know of any here that dont (that I go to anyways)


I read an article in Professional Boat Builder that said you should never mix the two, ethenol street fuel and non eth marine fuel. Said there are additives in both that don't work well with each other. Turns to a sludge that gunks things up pretty bad .. . . . . . article had pics . . . wasn't pretty.
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Old 09-15-2016 | 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by glassdave
All my marinas have ethenol free Valvetech come to think of it I dont know of any here that dont (that I go to anyways)


I read an article in Professional Boat Builder that said you should never mix the two, ethenol street fuel and non eth marine fuel. Said there are additives in both that don't work well with each other. Turns to a sludge that gunks things up pretty bad .. . . . . . article had pics . . . wasn't pretty.
I think bup maybe posted this a year or so ago, up untill that time I would fill with non corn when I could and top with alcy fuel the rest of the time. Now I just run the 10% crap and deal with it. Sucks but its the reality ofthe situation.
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Old 09-15-2016 | 10:47 PM
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I guess maybe I should have been a bit more clear with my question. I am aware there are plenty of areas where non ethanol is available. It's not the northeast!! My question is now that the marine industry apparently won their case against the ethanol fuel at their docks has a change over been seen where there was ethanol ONLY?
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Old 09-16-2016 | 08:08 AM
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Not sure about a change over?, but I will post this here for those who are interested.

http://www.pure-gas.org/ - select your state/province and it will list the locations and grade of fuel that is eth. free.

Great website for those who like to run non-eth. fuel.
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Old 09-16-2016 | 08:22 AM
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Nice list, but those are on land. I believe the question is specifically in regards to marina's.
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Old 09-16-2016 | 08:44 AM
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I'm in CA ... you can guess what the hose is for. ;-)
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Old 09-16-2016 | 08:55 AM
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Very easy to get in NYS, most gas stations have it now, and the marina's. The marina's carry 91 non ethanol. Some of the gas stations on land even have both 91 and 87 non ethanol. I get 87 for my yard equipment.
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Old 09-16-2016 | 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Sutphen606
Nice list, but those are on land. I believe the question is specifically in regards to marina's.
Not necessarily, there are some place in Michigan that I use at the docks listed. It's for anywhere with ethanol free gas.
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Old 09-16-2016 | 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by phil_p999
Not sure about a change over?, but I will post this here for those who are interested.

http://www.pure-gas.org/ - select your state/province and it will list the locations and grade of fuel that is eth. free.

Great website for those who like to run non-eth. fuel.
Yes, this list has been posted before. It is great information. The problem is that around here anyway the ones on this list are not $2.00 fuel in their ground tanks ready to pump into your car, boat, equipment, etc. Those are stations that are VP and Sunoco dealers. Most are selling a 5 gallon container for $75-$90. There is a dealer, Columbus Oil, in Swansea with VP C12 in the ground for $10 a gallon (cheaper, but still too rich and more octane than most need to run straight). I still don't see anyone in the northeast selling just a branded, sunoco, gulf, mobil, etc non ethanol fuel at the everyday average fuel price. I had hoped to see the marina's jump all over this.
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