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Ethanol cannot go away fast enough for my liking. Economic issues aside, it is hell on motorcycles. Many modern bikes use lightweight polymer fuel tanks which
by jboggan 12y ago
Ethanol cannot go away fast enough for my liking. Economic issues aside, it is hell on motorcycles. Many modern bikes use lightweight polymer fuel tanks which turn out to deform and leak after long term exposure to high ethanol gas, especially when many station owners tend to cut gas with slightly more ethanol than is allowed or labeled. Not to mention the engines don't run as well; most bikes are made in Japan or Europe and aren't engineered around our peculiar corn fetish.
I've had two gas tanks warp and need replacement and I am going to be sending my new motorcycle's tank off to be treated and coated on the interior before I take delivery and it sees a single drop of ethanol mixed fuel.
- StillBored 12y agoIts even more hell on small lawn equipment that continue to use priming bulbs, and flexible fuel hoses. Pretty much the only solution is to run the $10 no ethanol gas for small engines, or drain them after every use.
- abakker 12y agoSome of the gas I once bought in San Diego melted the fuel line in my chainsaw immediately. It didn't even manage to start before the little hose collapsed and melted. FWIW, you can still buy ethanol free gas at certain pumps at marinas/boat yards. Ethanol is hydroscopic, so adding it in high concentrations will usually absorb too much water out of boat gas tanks, since boat gas tanks virtually all have some water in them.