Ethanol Free Gas - any cons?
08-07-2021 | 03:33 PM
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Ethanol has been used in gasoline since the late 20's. Albeit not by all manufacturers. The govt mandated it in 2007. But there have been "up to 10% ethanol stickers on pumps since sometime in the 80's where I was from and probably all major metropolitan areas. Being you've got a '96, I would expect it to be compatible with gasoline containing ethanol. Or if nothing else the components that would be effected have been, or are due to be, replaced over the years.
08-07-2021 | 03:38 PM
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08-08-2021 | 10:48 PM
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Like stated, the downside is more costly.
I'll go out on a limb here and say I only used ethanol fuel in my boat for the 9 years I owned it. I put marine stabil in every gallon I put in. I also stored the boat for the winter with a full tank with twice the marine stabil (long term-says lasts up to 2 years). When the spring came I just turned the key and went boating. Changed fuel filter once a year and always cut the old one open to inspect. Never any dirt or water. Always just good fuel.
I never had a fuel problem. Maybe I was one of the lucky ones.
I'll go out on a limb here and say I only used ethanol fuel in my boat for the 9 years I owned it. I put marine stabil in every gallon I put in. I also stored the boat for the winter with a full tank with twice the marine stabil (long term-says lasts up to 2 years). When the spring came I just turned the key and went boating. Changed fuel filter once a year and always cut the old one open to inspect. Never any dirt or water. Always just good fuel.
I never had a fuel problem. Maybe I was one of the lucky ones.
08-09-2021 | 07:11 AM
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I have always used a Tier 1 gas in the boat, more by chance than choice. Now that I know the difference, that's what I try to run in my cars and trucks too. I used to empty my tank at the end of the season and put it in my SUV. It always came out clean and clear, but I use Amsoil stabilizer and I have a really good water separator. My water separator has a drain valve that I check and I have never had any water in my fuel in 12 years.
08-09-2021 | 03:16 PM
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08-09-2021 | 05:41 PM
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If you had preignition there'd be a hole in the middle or at least chunks missing around the top down to the ring land or severely rounded off. If it was detonation you'd see pecker marks in the carbon on top of the piston along with possible "sandpapering" of the piston top. That piston had something something solid bouncing around in there. Way too many different kinds of impacts. None of which are detonation or preignition related.
