Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

     Just recently in New Brunswick , Canada, our regular gas is  a 10% ethanol mixture,   I realize that in the USA, you have had  E85 , a mixture of   85% ethanol ,15% gasoline.  I was just wondering how these  fuels work   in the  the 4 cycle  gasoline engines used in lawnmowers , snow blowers etc.  Here ,the ethanol is not used in the premium gasolines, so I am using that until I find out more about ethanol .

My John Deere manuals say that E10 is fine...but not to use fuel with more than 10% ethanol.  I wonder if using fuel with 15% ethanol will void warranties. 

Paul7 wrote:

If the manual say not to ... you can pretty much guarantee your warranty will be voided.