PapaStein
Member
Evening everybody.
I’ve been thinking about fuel and the issues that can arise from poor or incorrect fuel. I myself will not put any fuel that contains ethanol at any % in anything but our daily drivers. It’s ok there because you use it before it gets the chance to sour. But in small engines and motorcycles and boats etc this is not the case. So to get to the point, it can be challenging to find non ethanol fuel and even more challenging to find any octane rating above 89 in non ethanol. I know that running lower than the recommended 91-93 can cause serious damage. I am not willing to use ethanol to get the octane, and I may be in the wrong. What does everyone else do in this situation? Maybe start running octane booster? Or start running ethanol and a fuel stabilizer? I’m not sure which is the better choice. Fuel is already way over priced, without having to spend money on additives. My local store where I purchase 93 octane non ethanol is sitting at $6.09/gallon. Just looking for ideas. Appreciate y’all. Let’s go burn some.
I’ve been thinking about fuel and the issues that can arise from poor or incorrect fuel. I myself will not put any fuel that contains ethanol at any % in anything but our daily drivers. It’s ok there because you use it before it gets the chance to sour. But in small engines and motorcycles and boats etc this is not the case. So to get to the point, it can be challenging to find non ethanol fuel and even more challenging to find any octane rating above 89 in non ethanol. I know that running lower than the recommended 91-93 can cause serious damage. I am not willing to use ethanol to get the octane, and I may be in the wrong. What does everyone else do in this situation? Maybe start running octane booster? Or start running ethanol and a fuel stabilizer? I’m not sure which is the better choice. Fuel is already way over priced, without having to spend money on additives. My local store where I purchase 93 octane non ethanol is sitting at $6.09/gallon. Just looking for ideas. Appreciate y’all. Let’s go burn some.
