Michael Nowakowski said: Hector,
With ethanol fuels, are you finding you have to change the fuel lines in the smaller equipment like whips and chainsaws more often? I have been seeing these lines just disinegrate with the newer fuels.
When Ethenal was first introduced alot of folks suffered the wrath of ethanol.
I had a few redmax trimmer with failed crankshaft seals NEW trimmers. Ethanol runs a little hotter.
But, I have gotten to the point to where I just replace fuel lines on small equipment at the end of each season, they do feel as if they sat out in the sun all summer. I have also seen issue's with the welch plugs inside the carb coming loose. I've had to glue them back on just to have them come loose again. Half tempted at one point to J-B weld them on LOL
The plastic in-line fuel filters also seem to not fair to well. Switching to the metal in-line filters does not do any better either. One just has to change these parts a little more often than usual.
We just have to adapt to these changes becuase this crappy fuel is not going anywhere!
It has gotten a lot better though. More equipment are more compatible with the E1o fuel. However, there are alot of equipment out there still trying to survive this change.
As a precaution however I use fuel treatment on both gas and deisel. About every other month one should also check fuel tanks for moisture. There is a paste that you can spread on the end of the fuel stick and dip in the tanks, should moisture be present the paste changes color.
Fuel stabilizers has helped alot with reducing moisture in fuels.