Ethanol Killer

[Hoko]

I use ethanol killer in the gas for all my weedeaters and chainsaws and lawn equipt.  Ethanol is a small engine killer.  Would this be a good additive for our CB's?

[seestheday]

I just use ethanol free gas.  For the size of the tank it doesn't end up costing me much more to buy the premium 91 octane gas that doesn't have any ethanol in it.

[TOOLS1]

An engine is an engine. Can't see what it would hurt.
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[Hoko]

seestheday wrote

I just use ethanol free gas.  For the size of the tank it doesn't end up costing me much more to buy the premium 91 octane gas that doesn't have any ethanol in it.

Must be nice, all of our gas, at least in Texas has at least 10% ethanol.  Using the ethanol killer has some side benefits, it also acts as a fuel stabilizer for up to 6 months which is nice when I don't use some of my equipt for a while.

[MarkPBG]

Ethanol acts like a corrosive agent to natural rubber and some older engine gasket materials. There are over 40 different blends of fuel used in the USA today, and even MORE harmful to natural rubber are the chemical additives in the fuel. Newer engines parts use mostly nitrile, silicon, viton, ptfe, and other fluoro-elastomers. These are not only MUCH less affected by the ethanol, alchohol and chemical additives, but they also handle much higher temperatures, pressures, and are low permeable. (remember the fuel smell in your old garage with that old car? Fuel could actually permeate the old carbureted material fuel lines and what you smelled was the fuel vapor that had seeped right through the hose!) So yes, the materials used in your engine have a BIG impact on it's use with new fuel blends.