ethanol

I think when things go wrong, blame the gas. I've been using 87 octane with 10%ethanol in my car, lawn mower and snow blower ever since it was introduced. Everything is still running, but I probably just jinxed myself.
When a customer brings in a piece of equipment and the fuel line is disintegrating and the diaphrams are turned to mush,what would you blame it on? The customer says he was running ethanol fuel and the manufacturer reccomends not using it. Possibly the barometric pressure was wrong that day or the planets were not aligned properly.
 
Fortunately the MN Street Rod Assn. lists a couple hundred stations in our state who sell non oxygenated "no-corn gas". It is not reguired in use of farm equipment, small engines or collector cars. I am lucky to have one of these stations close to me in the Twin Cities and I take home about 30 gallons and keep it on hand for filling all the old cars when needed.

Ethanol will also destroy many paints if you spill any on your finish, not to speak of what it does to your fuel system. It looks like the tax payers are tired here of subsidizing $1.00 for every gallon sold as it is so expensive to make and seems to only help the corn growers. It is very political in any corn growing state. I have no use for it except in new daily drivers. Seafoam is a great product but I do not use it in every tank.
 
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