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I've been talking to a freind. of mine that works on cars and small engines. he had mentioned. a products called startron that you don't really see a lot. I guess its meant to remove the ethanol from your fuel. he said he uses it religiously, and the older john deer and ford machines won't run right without it. so I'm curious. would. it help our cars and trucksthat aren't designed to run on ethanol, I'm gonna try it today and see how it goes..

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so whether its startron or amsoil, it should be safe for our cars and trucks? and I would imagine make a slightly noticeable difference. .

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tried it today, and I noticed the difference at wide open throttle. pwr was there.. seemed smother, throttle. response .

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I just recently started using Seafoam in my small engines , follow the directions on the can for adding it to the 2 cycles or lawnmower gas . It does seem to make my Case garden tractor run a lot better than it has in years

TimmyG Senior Enthusiast

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Since a local gas pump has gas with ethanol its easyer to just go there

 

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kstruckcountry Senior Enthusiast

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I have a Pure Gas app on my phone, I want to try to support non ethanol stations.

 

I'll try this stuff in my Evinrude 6, and see if it fixes the idle. May not be bad to carry some in the truck too.

brainpause Enthusiast

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Since a local gas pump has gas with ethanol its easyer to just go there

 

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Huh?

 

They are trying NOT to use ethanol, or at least use something that makes engines run better with ethanol gas. Or am I missing something in the above comment?

Knowklew Enthusiast

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Since a local gas pump has gas with ethanol its easyer to just go there

 

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You sir obviously did not read any of this thread.

TimmyG Senior Enthusiast

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Since a local gas pump has gas with ethanol its easyer to just go there

 

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You sir obviously did not read any of this thread.

my bad, i ment with out!

 

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Squirrely Enthusiast

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I've been running non ethanol gas in my saw and bikes. You can tell a differance in performance. The exhaust smell is totally different too.

 

I have a fuel Distributor just down the hill from me. I'm trying to decide if it's worth it to get a tank and have them fill it evey week or two, or whatever it takes. They seem eager to get me off the gas station routine and go direct.

Doug_Scott Senior Enthusiast

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my bad, i ment with out!

 

 

 

Getting very difficult to locate gas stations that still carry non-ethanol fuel.

 

Most station pumps say it "May contain up to 10% ethanol". To me that means the pump will have from 0% to 10%.

Daryl LBZ Senior Enthusiast

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I'm going to have to try this. I've been having a problem with my wife's ATV clogging up the carb after sitting for a while. I've put Stabilizer in it, but yesterday I went to run it because we are selling it, and I had to tear it down to get the carb off to clean it out. Heres a few pics:

 

 

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I'm not really sure what it is, but it shouldn't be water since I added Stabilizer to the gas. I'm not sure if it's Ethanol gone bad, and it crystalized or what really.

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