Non Ethonol gas
 

Hi all. Has anyone had any experience using non ethanol [alcohol free] gas? Wondering if there are pros and cons of using this. Your thoughts are greatly appreciated.

Well with pure gas you have a higher risk of fuel line freeze up if you get even a little moisture in the tank. Not sure that is relevant for you though.

Waste of effort if you have to go out of your way for it at all. It doesn't really do anything for you, except that it may quiet crickets, not because of the lack of ethanol but because of the difference in the additive packages and blends. When I tried it to get rid of crickets it either made no difference or made the crickets louder, depending on the station. I have had much better luck using gas with 10% ethanol from brands whose additive packages aren't as noisy in my fuel pump.

Additionally, the Top Tier standard includes a requirement that the fuel have 8% to 11% ethanol as a cleaning agent (nominally 10%). If you buy ethanol-free gas, it's not Top Tier gas. That may mean nothing at all if the gas is fresh. Or it may mean that the gas is crap because it not only doesn't meet the ethanol standard, but also doesn't meet other parts of the Top Tier standard.

You will go slightly farther per gallon on ethanol-free. But you'll pay more for it, so you don't save any money and probably end up paying more overall.

Thanks, freezing would not be a problem as I live in south Florida/

Thanks for this info. I have a station right down the street that caters to power boaters.

The only ethanol free gas I know of in California is the gas you can buy by the gallon for about $10/gal at the lawnmower shop. I guess it is better for storage?


Funny how every time I have been in Boise I see several stations that have signs boasting that they have ethanol free premium gas available?

It works much better for carbureted vehicles so some older boats and cars can take better advantage of it. Almost meaningless in injected cars.

That is because the stations still have tanks that were filled in 1972. 'Cuz Boise.

This makes sense. For storage of such vehicles too.

It's not usually the first tank that makes the difference for me but the second usually does. I get slightly better mpg and the crickets go away.

Pros Pure ethanol has an effective octane of 160 in direct injection engines and it's great at keeping things clean.

Cons? There is debate as to oil dilution, but I haven't seen much evidence to suggest that it great reduces oil life for e85 let alone e10.

In older cars I suppose it can wreak havok on older fuel lines and cause issues with maintaining a proper AFR.

read up and decide yourself.
personally I hate it. evaporation, poor economy, lots of reasons not even getting into the political subsidies.

My brother owns a store that sells non ethanol and does quite a business. yay.

https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/t...l-in-your-gas/

At 10% all those "issues" are so minor as to have zero impact in normal driving.

Ethanol absorbs water which is bad for engines. This isn't really an issue if the car is driven a reasonable amount. It's only really a problem on lawn equipment where you put stuff up for the winter or in a boat where you put 300 gallons in it just before the end of the summer and then it sits all winter. Most marinas sell ethanol free so that shouldn't be much of a problem. Where I live in Florida we have ethanol free all over the place (because it's a boating community) but they are all like 87 octane which wouldn't work well in the Twins.

If anything I would go the opposite direction and get E85. Hahaha.