Some Murphy gas stations also have ethanol free gas, if those exist where you are.
On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM Josh Luthman <[email protected]> wrote: > In the last 10-15 years I've only added Stabil to every generator and used > enough gas in them to not require draining. I'm sure at least 1 generator > has 12-18+ month old fuel. Now that I think about it, the rooftop one > probably has 3-5 year old gas at this point. It ran just the other day > just fine. > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I did an online search for an Illinois law requiring at least 10% ethanol >> and couldn’t find one. Yet there is reportedly not a single gas pump in >> the state with ethanol free gas. So it must be due to economic incentives. >> >> >> >> *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Nate Burke >> *Sent:* Monday, January 6, 2025 4:33 PM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] gas for portable generators >> >> >> >> We get all our Ethanol free gas from FS. >> >> On 1/6/2025 3:19 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: >> >> Interesting, FS has pumps by the grain elevator here in Waterman about 1 >> mile from where I’m at right now. I’ll have to check. I thought it was a >> state law, but maybe they are exempt because it’s for ag use? Like the >> untaxed diesel that you’re not supposed to put in your truck? >> >> >> >> *From:* AF <[email protected]> <[email protected]> *On >> Behalf Of *Steve Jones >> *Sent:* Monday, January 6, 2025 2:15 PM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> >> <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] gas for portable generators >> >> >> >> Most FS sells ethanol free gas, thayre mostly unattended pay at pumps. >> negligible price difference >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 6, 2025 at 8:41 AM TJ Trout <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Use gas without ethanol either from the pump if available or in metal >> 1gal cans from the hardware store, should store for years. >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 5, 2025, 9:22 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> What do you folks do with your portable gasoline generators to avoid >> stale fuel problems? >> >> >> >> I’m talking 1000-2400 VA generators that you take out to a tower site >> when there’s a power shortage. And when power comes back on, there could >> be from zero to a full tank of gas in the generator, and it could be a week >> or a year before you use it again. >> >> >> >> I have a couple Honda inverter type generators, and I’m bad about just >> taking them back to the shop and letting them sit until next time I need >> them. They’ve always started. I think it helps that the Hondas have a >> fuel shutoff valve between the tank and the carburetor, and also a shutoff >> for the fuel cap vent. I also suspect the Hondas actually pump fuel from >> the tank to the float bowl rather than gravity feed but I’m not sure about >> that. I don’t however drain the carburetor after use, and in Illinois you >> can’t by E0 pump gas. It has to be E10, unless you buy outrageously >> expensive gas in cans like TruFuel. I guess we have to put lousy gas in >> our small engines to help the farmers sell their corn. >> >> >> >> Should I be emptying the fuel tank after every use? Am I OK to leave gas >> in the generator if I add Sta-Bil to the gas in the can I use to fill the >> generator? Should I fill the generator to the top before storing it rather >> than leave it half full? >> >> >> >> Or am I overthinking this? I know I left about an inch of gas in my >> snowblower tank after last winter and it really didn’t want to start this >> year. I pumped out the fuel tank, refilled it with TruFuel, drained the >> float bowl several times, finally got it to start but it ran like crap for >> 2-3 minutes. I think it wasn’t varnish but water in the gas from the >> alcohol pulling moisture out of the air, but I’m not sure. >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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