On Jul 15, 10:12*pm, wrote:
On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 19:13:29 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:









On Jul 15, 9:06*pm, "*e#c" wrote:
On Jul 15, 9:59*pm, Tim wrote:

In the world of Ethanol and E-85, I've been concerned about the use
thereof in 2 cycle outboards, which though I don't have one at the
moment, I'm more concerned for my weed-eaters and chainsaws.

Now the station down the street from me has a dedicated pump for 100%
petroleum gasoline with no alcohol.It costs about .20c. more per
gallon, but at least it's available locally. And *that's really good
to know seeing fall and winter is coming up. When you cut up about 10
+ car trailer loads of wood, it's comforting to know that I would be
burning up a $1000.00 Stihl *or Dolmar chainsaw.

And seeing I got rid of my pontoon, I've got my eyes set on a good
sized Jon boat for running the Wabash river, that is. *IF* *It ever
gets enough water in it to float a boat. LOL!

So, how much IS 20c more per gallon?

$3,45 U.S compared to $3.24 (today)

Wayne and Harry just got through telling me the ethanol scare is a
scam.

granted it wasn't an expensive saw,but I've burned up a couple weed
eaters and a Poulan /Chraftsman chain saw not because it wasn't a
wrong oil ratio, but because I got ahold of some gas that had a 20%
ethanol blend.

The saw ran hot and was losing power then quit. Went to start it and
was low on compression. I pulled the muffler and saw the piston was
badly scored. Same with the Weed eater. Both shared the same fuel.