Electrocutor

I have no idea what most of you are even talking about. To be frank, the majority of you have been extremely rude to me for no reason and I don't particular appreciate it. I wanted to make an informed decision on what snowblower to buy for a long-term purchase and I have seen many other posts on here where many people (particularly snowmann) have been extremely helpful and given out great deals of information that is helpful to such a decision. Instead of receiving help from most you, I got grief for asking some simple questions.

This was the first and last time I shall ever post here (minus my question about fuel). Good day.

Bill_H wrote:

Ethanol

[edit] United States

In the United States, ethanol is sometimes added to gasoline but sold without an indication that it is a component.

In several states, ethanol is added by law to a minimum level which is currently 5.9%. Most fuel pumps display a sticker stating that the fuel may contain up to 10% ethanol, an intentional disparity which allows the minimum level to be raised over time without requiring modification of the literature/labelling. The bill^{[citation needed]} which was being debated at the time the disclosure of the presence of ethanol in the fuel was mandated has recently passed.

Last month, the maximum was raised to 15%.

After doing some reading, it sounds like Seafoam or Mix-I-Go is a requirement now with the ethanol content being bumped up to 15% this October.

Even the federal testing of ethanol (E15+, which will soon be standard % on all gas) on small engines shows random stalls, extreme temperatures, lower life-expectancy, eradic RPMs, governor issues, loss of power, and other such things including total engine failure. They noted that many rpm engaged clutches were engaging at idle among other things.

"exhaust temperature, rising 10°C to 50°C from E0 to E15 and 20°C to 70°C from E0 to E20"

Causing high enough operating temperatures to start melting rubber seals in the engine? And this stuff is being mandatorily pushed out across the nation?

After reading through the majority of the federal test report, I'd say the only engines that I would trust using 10-15% (normal 'Regular' or 'Premium' gas) ethanol would be Honda because their Kohler and Briggs engines completely failed after about 30 hours.

You guys say there is no difference in gas, just get fresh stuff, but every test and mechanic in the nation that I am reading says otherwise. So what forum should I go to for a more informed answer?

So now that Amoco Ultimate no longer exists, and all gases have 10% ethanol in them, and most all gases have large amounts of Nitrogen-based or other detergeants, what is the best fuel to be running in small engines? All of the gas companies have gone to skimping on the quality of gas in order to help improve their margins, but I'm sure that some above others have better or worse chemical make-up for use in small engines. I understand that some of this has to be based on speculation because the gas companies do not release any information on what chemicals they add to the gas; they only say "it's better".

Personal Experience: when I used Amoco Regular in my Pontiac Bonneville '98, my gas mileage was about 6 mi/gal higher than when they switched to BP Invigorate Regular.

He says he can get the hs724wa to me for 1800 normally, but if he can get the individual shipping off, he can get it down to 1600.