Fuel Grade

[HoytCRX32]

I have a Honda Pioneer 700. Does it run good on the gasoline with ethanol in it or would it be better to use 100LL airplane fuel?

 

[Admin]

 

[bigc]

i tried ethanol gas in my honda gx630 in my cub cadet and it sucked it is crappy in automobiles i would say dont use it i run airplane gas in my 350x 3-wheeler and it runs awesome and it never goes bad dont know about it in the pioneer

 

[Hondasxs]

Humm... IDK. I never ran airplane gas in anything. I hate ethanol. it F's my weed trimmer up and I have to rebuild the carb every year. hahah... but I do run it in my Pioneer because that's all that's available in my area. No one sales NON E gas with in close range. I plan to stick to 93 Oct. And when I am out of town I may try NON E sometime.. when I find it.

 

[Dick]

Run 93 here, small motors don't seem to like ethanol.

Don't think these engines have enough compression to warrant avgas be better off using octane boosters. Lead is not good for efi systems.

 

[HoytCRX32]

What about half ethanol and half 100LL AVGAS?

 

[ohanacreek]

I use a non ethanol pre mix in my small engines, costs more up front but they start without issue.

Pioneer I use, 93 and a fuel stabilizer/engine protective treatment called Startron. Works better than Stabil according to several small engine guys around here. Have one for diesel too(different mix)

 

[scott]

I use 93 and add a little lucas oil ethanol treatment.

 

[hydrantman]

Run NON E in all small engines and Pioneer it does cost little more up front but burns slower than corn gas.

 

[Mojeeper]

All my old Small engines run fine on ethanol, these new crap engines suck with ethanol, like somebody said earlier, plan on a generic carb every year..

 

[Westtnpioneer]

I run 93 octane, but i'm not sure what the manual calls for. Using a higher octane than 93 is just wasting money because i'll bet the pioneer isn't tuned for anything above 93. It probably won't run E85 because of the simplisetic fuel injection system. I don't use stabil in any of my engines and i have yet to have an issue, guess i'm just lucky. As far as the pioneer goes i definitely don't see a need for fuel stabilizer as it is fuel injected.

 

[ohanacreek]

I only use the stabilizer since the fuel doesn't get used up with a month.

I use 93 for the same reason, as gas loses octane over time.