Ethanol free gas, overkill?

[Dovetail]

In your opinions is ethanol free gas overkill, especially if your machine is out on the trail weekly?

 

[Admin]

 

[BWAF]

9700 miles I run mine daily I've put maybe 3 tanks of ethanol free in rest is out 300gal farm tank my 2 cents

 

[CID]

I’d run E-0 if I could find it but I can’t. Colorado was one of the first states to mandate ethanol fuels way back in 1988 If I remember correctly.

 

[Robobrainiac]

I run 91 ethanol free in all my power machines. I have had too many mowers in my past get gunked up from ethanol fuel.

 

[BWAF]

87 is what i run but daily use no time to gunk up

 

[McCarthy]

Ride it once every month or two? Use ethanol free gas. Ride daily or at least weekly? Doesn't matter.

 

[SILVER_ALERT]

I always run pure gas in all my atvs and other small engines, and most of the time in my on road vehicles.

It pisses me off that we subsidize ethanol with tax credits, when we have all the oil we need, and the oil industry pays a lot of taxes and employs a lot of people.

I also wonder if many years from now when they are discussing the era of ethanol production (mostely from grain) for powering our vehicles, someone will point out that when people in this country and other countries were going hungry, we were taking an important food source and turning it into fuel, even though we had plenty of oil and gas.

Sorry about getting political

 

[Hondasxs]

At hone. I run regular.
When going on adventure I run 91.
I have ran a tank or 2 of non E.
Meh.. stick to regular unless it plans to sit for a while.

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[HUCK]

In your opinions is ethanol free gas overkill, especially if your machine is out on the trail weekly?

ABSOLUTELY 100 % ! Been running regular gas (whatever) for 50 years ! Never an issue in anything . MX bikes , enduro bikes ,trials bikes , 3 wheeler , quads , SXSs . If they are designed to run on premium ok they get it BUT THEY ALL GET UN LEADED .
I do add fuel stabilizer to my bought new 1979 Honda XR because sometimes it may not get ridden for a year and with that nasty leaded gas , after a year it sometimes will take 5 kicks to get it running . LOL

 

[OlYeller15]

In your opinions is ethanol free gas overkill, especially if your machine is out on the trail weekly?

If you run your motors several hours weekly no need to run ethanol free. BUT if you let it sit for a week or more it’s worth every penny you spend! I also add fuel stabilizer (SEA FOAM) if setting for couple weeks or more. A ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure!🤔

 

[bumperm]

ABSOLUTELY 100 % ! Been running regular gas (whatever) for 50 years ! Never an issue in anything . MX bikes , enduro bikes ,trials bikes , 3 wheeler , quads , SXSs . If they are designed to run on premium ok they get it BUT THEY ALL GET LEADED .
I do add fuel stabilizer to my bought new 1979 Honda XR because sometimes it may not get ridden for a year and with that nasty leaded gas , after a year it sometimes will take 5 kicks to get it running . LOL

Did you mean to say, "leaded"?

All car fuel, E10, E5 etc. is lead free. The only leaded fuel still available, that I'm aware of, is 100LL aviation fuel. the LL stands for Low Lead, but it's anything but that. The lead would quickly damage catalytic converters etc.

I'm thinking you meant to say "ethanol".

I also use ethanol free gas in my small motors.

 

[Dovetail]

Thank you all for your input, this is why I love this site.

 

[HiFive]

I always run ethanol free that way if it sits in the gas tank awhile I don't have to worry about.

 

[Backwoods]

Only ethanol free. I travel for work so it sits during the week occasionally longer.

 

[rickoshea]

i run marked no ethanol premium aka farm gas in all my non road vehicles/equipment.it's only a couple cents more than non ethanol regular up here.why pay road tax on fuel if it's not being used on the road?

 

[toddvdh]

I only put ethanol free gas in right before winter. One or two tanks if possible, but sometimes it hard to find ethanol free stuff.

 

[Seadonist]

Ethanol free gas is definitely NOT overkill. The only thing I run ethanol in is my truck. Boat motor, UTV, chainsaw, lawnmower, weed eater, etc. all run on premium non ethanol gas, treated with Yamaha Ring Free.
Non ethanol gas is cheap insurance IMO.


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[Remington]

I run Mid grade ethanol gas in all my machines. Not cuz I like the ethanol, cuz the non is expensive as hell! At least around here! 4-5$ a gallon around here! Lets face it, With gas going up faster than the Biden vote count at 2am election night, It digs in the ole pocket book pretty hard! So If im not using my machines and/or storing them, i use additives like sea foam for example to neutralize the gas to help with corrosion and gumming. Been doing that many yrs and Haven't had an issue.

 

[HiFive]

I also add Heet gas treatment the red bottle it removes moisture from the gas as well as helps keep the fuel lines clean.

 

[DDDonkey]

I run what ever is at the pump min 87. I also start mine and run it at lease once a week, I have been known to us fuel stabilizer if something is going to sit for more than a few weeks.