I looked into this online a few years ago and what kept me from doing it was it also lowered the octane rating. Too low of octane will cause preignition and pinging. Fortunately I have been able to use an app called Pure Gas and have been able to find ethanol free fuel, but if you are only buying a small amount at a time one needs to be sure the hose isnt shared with an E-85 hose as youd still get the remaining E-85 in the hose.
Yea I agree taking the ethanol out will lower the octane but the small engines are not the high performance engines that I worked on in the 1960s. Pinging and preinginition has not been a problem that I have seen.
The alcohol has a really high octane, when you take it out it lowers the octane of the gas. How much, I don't know. I've thought of doing this but I would use premium I think to keep the octane high. But, if you're not having any issues maybe regular is perfectly fine.
I have used this method for 3 years on my small engines with no problems. If you run e85 which is about 85 percent ethanol as I do in my flex fuel truck you can really notice a difference but 10 percent is so little I did not notice any difference in the operation of my tractor or weed wacker. What I did notice is my weed wacker started easier and my generator started usually with one pull. So I really don’t think loosing the ethanol And the small octane loss is anything to worry about.
Look for Marathon Rec 90 no alcohol gasoline, available at some stations in my East Tennessee area. Gives my riding mower neck snapping torque, doesn't get bogged down in heavy grass like that e10 garbage.
I'm not understanding exactly what you're accomplishing. You add water to the gas, let it sit to separate into layers, then siphon the gas off the top. How does that eliminate the alcohol? Does the water 'trap' the alcohol somehow? If it all separates, why not just wait for the alcohol to seperate, then siphon off the gas?
I’m not a chemist but I think the water attracts chemically to the ethanol and separates it from the gas. I started with only water at level I knew after adding gas I then hat 3 levels you can actually see so what was the other level in between the gas and the water. This level (about 10 percent) is the ethanol that was in the gas.
My station would have shut the pumps down and told you that’s not approved can for gas . GET OUT DONT COME BACK . My how rules get twisted . ITS THE LAW . HELL THEY EVEN MADE SIGHNS SAYING . Call the POPO
That's intriguing. Thanks for the informative video.
Yes it is crazy how that works. I have used this method for 3 years now and no problems. It just works. Thanks for the watch.
Would love to see finsh taking out of the bottle. Good video.
Ok keep watching and I will show a short video on emptying the gas out of the bottle. It will posted in a few days
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I looked into this online a few years ago and what kept me from doing it was it also lowered the octane rating. Too low of octane will cause preignition and pinging. Fortunately I have been able to use an app called Pure Gas and have been able to find ethanol free fuel, but if you are only buying a small amount at a time one needs to be sure the hose isnt shared with an E-85 hose as youd still get the remaining E-85 in the hose.
Yea I agree taking the ethanol out will lower the octane but the small engines are not the high performance engines that I worked on in the 1960s. Pinging and preinginition has not been a problem that I have seen.
The alcohol has a really high octane, when you take it out it lowers the octane of the gas. How much, I don't know. I've thought of doing this but I would use premium I think to keep the octane high.
But, if you're not having any issues maybe regular is perfectly fine.
I have used this method for 3 years on my small engines with no problems. If you run e85 which is about 85 percent ethanol as I do in my flex fuel truck you can really notice a difference but 10 percent is so little I did not notice any difference in the operation of my tractor or weed wacker. What I did notice is my weed wacker started easier and my generator started usually with one pull. So I really don’t think loosing the ethanol And the small octane loss is anything to worry about.
Look for Marathon Rec 90 no alcohol gasoline, available at some stations in my East Tennessee area. Gives my riding mower neck snapping torque, doesn't get bogged down in heavy grass like that e10 garbage.
Marathon Rec?
Thanks for the watch. I wish I had pure gas local for me but I don’t. Yes it really does make small engines run great.
I'm not understanding exactly what you're accomplishing. You add water to the gas, let it sit to separate into layers, then siphon the gas off the top. How does that eliminate the alcohol? Does the water 'trap' the alcohol somehow? If it all separates, why not just wait for the alcohol to seperate, then siphon off the gas?
I’m not a chemist but I think the water attracts chemically to the ethanol and separates it from the gas. I started with only water at level I knew after adding gas I then hat 3 levels you can actually see so what was the other level in between the gas and the water. This level (about 10 percent) is the ethanol that was in the gas.
My station would have shut the pumps down and told you that’s not approved can for gas .
GET OUT DONT COME BACK .
My how rules get twisted .
ITS THE LAW . HELL THEY EVEN MADE SIGHNS SAYING .
Call the POPO
This was painful to watch the whole video!