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11-06-2011, 11:43 PM
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Re: Todays Gas for Daily drivers
It's bad on the fuel level sending units on the newer cars, I just replaced the whole unit in my Grand Cherokee and the gauge doesn't after only 6 months, same with my dad's Suburban approx 6 months.
It's horrible in the older vented systems because they exchange air with the atmosphere, so as long as you have moisture in the air it will be absorbed by the ethanol and then end up as water in the tank.
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11-07-2011, 05:40 AM
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Re: Todays Gas for Daily drivers
I don't know about the US, but here in Ontario, Petro Canada and Shell premium gas does not have ethanol according to their gas pump labels. That's all I use in everything, from weed eater to L78. Not only does ethanol attract water, it also leaches oils out of rubber, neoprene and soft plastics. It's been a nightmare for marine people, great for the small motors repair people.
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11-07-2011, 10:21 PM
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Re: Todays Gas for Daily drivers
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Keith Tedford</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I don't know about the US, but here in Ontario, Petro Canada and Shell premium gas does not have ethanol according to their gas pump labels. That's all I use in everything, from weed eater to L78. Not only does ethanol attract water, it also leaches oils out of rubber, neoprene and soft plastics. It's been a nightmare for marine people, great for the small motors repair people. </div></div>
According to Petro-Canada whom I wrote to: Ethanol is only present in Petro-Canada Regular Clean 87 Octane (10%) and Plus Clean 89 Octane (5%). Petro-Canada SuperClean 91 Octane gasoline does not contain any Ethanol. Ethanol content in SuperClean 94 or Ultra 94 is 10%. The L78 will only run on 94 octane (10% ethanol). I'm now thinking about purchasing their 91 octane ( No ethanol)and adding a booster. It may be less expensive and I won't have to deal with the ethanol issue.
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