Posted by fixerupper on March 29, 2016 at 07:38:45 from (100.42.83.79):
In Reply to: Gas tractor issues posted by kickinbull on March 27, 2016 at 04:35:23:
JM does have a point. Some high humidity areas have problems with ethanol. Here in the Midwest the ethanol related problems are pretty much gone with the new engines and have been gone for a good 25 years. That said, some people whine about everything new. It's the same posters on this forum doing it over and again. There was nothing perfect in the old days and everything isn't perfect today, that's the way it is! We had whiners in the old days and they haven't gone away.
If ethanol gave me problems I would drop the stuff in a moment, but I haven't had the problems with the gum and goo and whatever. I shut the seasonal engines down in the fall with ethanol laced gasoline in the carb and the next spring I start them up and use them. No preservatives, nothing special. In the old days I would have water in the gas tanks and float bowls. Not today with ethanol in the tank. End of story!
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