est answer(quoted from post at 12:49:31 07/19/18) Not if it's fresh and everything else is O.K. (some older rubber/plastics deteriorate)
That being said I avoid "corn fuel" like a disease, as left standing long enough will cause all sorts of problems. It will: phase separate when it sucks up enough water, leave snot like deposits in the fuel system, corrode aluminum and magnesium parts, and also rot certain types of older rubber/plastic fuel system parts.
If you run it don't store it. Run the tank dry or at least run the carb dry. If you run fresh stuff not much bad will happen in an N
o, is motion a factor? Moving sloshes gas around in the carb bowl. I have seen bad seal between bowl & rest of carb that would be momentarily sealed, then not, etc. by the sloshing gas. Acted like intermittent ignition & very difficult to isolate. Finally found it an fixed gasket/mating surfaces problem.(quoted from post at 14:35:11 07/19/18) Okay I just soaked, blewout, and rebuilt
the carb so the needle and seat should be
fine..
It is driving me nuts.. I can start and
it runs fine, I decide to go and try to
mow, it starts sputtering looses power then
starts running okay for s minute or less
then starts bearly running. And back fires.
Think it is still the carb, or could it
be a head gasket?
(quoted from post at 16:19:40 07/19/18)
Last but not least even Al Gore has proclaimed that it was a huge mistake!
(quoted from post at 10:16:40 07/19/18) Will 10% ethenol in gas cause not to run correctly?
im, are you labeling your story as an 'old wives tail/tale'? Sounds kinda droopy to me(quoted from post at 15:59:59 07/19/18) Old Wives tails (or old husbands)! I've been using regular 10% ethanol gas in my chain saws, N's, riding lawn mower and all the other air cooled power equipment I have for as long as that stuff has been around. I've never had any problem with it excluding rubber gas lines disintegrating. However I do use Sta-Bil in the gas I store.
(quoted from post at 16:55:48 07/19/18) From Chemours, the chemical company that holds the trademark for Viton.
he problem that I have had with it is the slime & corrosion left behind when it sits too long. Lot of cleaning required & totally ruined gas tank on my welder. Everyone can say what they wish, but you just can't let it age when exposed to air very long! I try not to, but sometimes life gets in the way.(quoted from post at 18:47:58 07/19/18)(quoted from post at 16:55:48 07/19/18) From Chemours, the chemical company that holds the trademark for Viton.
Viton is one of the best elastomer choices for ethanol fuel systems and is used extensively in modern E85 applications. If a "Viton" tipped needle valve is swelling the tip is likely NOT Viton but a cheaper look-alike sold at Viton prices.
The argument over E10 is more political than technical. It works perfectly fine in many millions of over the road vehicles. I have been running E10 in [u:71dd5be4a3]everything[/u:71dd5be4a3] I have for a couple decades now and I don't have any unusual problems.
Small engine fuel lines/primer bulbs come in all manner of grades and materials and the consumer is really at the mercy of the seller when it comes to what they are getting. Some materials won't tolerate E10 and others do just fine. The simple fact is E10 is the standard for US pump gas and if an OEM fuel line component, small engine or otherwise, can't provide a reasonable service life using E10 blame the cheap A$$ company that makes the engine - not the fuel.
TOH
(quoted from post at 18:53:19 07/19/18) The problem that I have had with it is the slime & corrosion left behind when it sits too long. Lot of cleaning required & totally ruined gas tank on my welder. Everyone can say what they wish, but you just can't let it age when exposed to air very long! I try not to, but sometimes life gets in the way.
here are many problems with your defense. "Allow water to contaminate". Really? On old equipment the systems are not sealed & must be ventilated, therefore are exposed to atmospheric moisture! Duh! "modern fuel systems". This is Yesterdays Tractors...or are you lost? " In years of testing thousands of gallons of e10 we never had a problem with e10 pulling water out of the air." Horse hockey, or else your 'test methods' are flawed!(quoted from post at 22:22:44 07/19/18) No. In all the years of being in the fuel business and years of testing in the lab, there is no evidence of ethonal being destructive in modern fuel systems, with every day conditions. If you have dirty or allow water to contaminate the fuel then you will have a problem. In years of testing thousands of gallons of e10 we never had a problem with e10 pulling water out of the air. You will hear many old wives tails about this products. Problems comes because people do not take care of their fuel storage systems. You need a prevent cap on your storage tanks, not the old flip over fill caps.
(quoted from post at 05:08:47 07/20/18) Here we go once again. This topic pops up about once a month. The archives here hold many, many posts on ethanol causing problems from gas boiling to incorrect sparkplugs. As JMOR said, horse puckey. These N?s were ran on and can run on just about any combustible fuel. Many a farmer did back in the day ?kerosene, gas, moonshine, et al. Switching spark plugs from Champion H12 to AUTO-LITE 437?s is a good one too. How does one gauge any improvement? I can see going from the Champion H10, the original 14mm spec?d plug to one of the better, hotter plugs, but with no data to backup statements like that, it is purely opinion, not fact based. Gas gets old and yucky. It will get gummy ?it always has. Straight alcohol/ethanol was used on Henry Fords? Quadracycle and other early auto experiments. Remember ETHYL/PREMIUM Gas? What do you think was in that? Adding a ?snake-oil? product like STABIL is your prerogative, it?s your tractor and your money. All of these products use on average 99% plain Mineral Spirits as the main ingredient. You doubt? Read the MSDS documents on them. If the company puts a ?disclaimer? like, ?N/A - Proprietary Information?, then they are hiding something so save your $$$ and run away. Now, note I did not say these products don?t work. Mineral Spirits is a great grease, grime, and crud, cleaner ?I use it all the time for cleaning parts. Pouring some into your gas will not harm anything in the fuel system and will loosen up some crud it may contact as well as thin out the fuel a bit. May as well just click your heels together three times and make a wish, same results. The ethanol fuel argument will evidently go on in perpetuity.
Tim Daley(MI)
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