non-ethanol gas

[bradford]

Glad you got it out of there Cfelton. 17% water!

And your V is obviously well taken care of and maintained. Imagine whats lurking in the tanks of boats whose owners aren't as meticulous.

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by bradford

Glad you got it out of there Cfelton. 17% water!

And your V is obviously well taken care of and maintained. Imagine whats lurking in the tanks of boats whose owners aren't as meticulous.

Even being meticulous doesn't help when all you can get is E10. Here in NJ our only recourse is to completely drain the tank all the time. (and you know that's not going to happen).

By the way, has anyone noticed that as a nation, we've accepted paying 70 cents more for a gallon of non ethanol gas? WHY? It costs the producers ZERO cents more...yet they charge more and act like they are doing us a favor by selling it. Talk about a RIP OFF!!!

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by Destroyer

Even being meticulous doesn't help when all you can get is E10. Here in NJ our only recourse is to completely drain the tank all the time. (and you know that's not going to happen).

By the way, has anyone noticed that as a nation, we've accepted paying 70 cents more for a gallon of non ethanol gas? WHY? It costs the producers ZERO cents more...yet they charge more and act like they are doing us a favor by selling it. Talk about a RIP OFF!!!

Only 70 cents more a gallon, not down here. Try $1.25 a gallon more for ethanol free. It's still cheaper than having to do carbs all the time, and not having to worry about vapor lock. My air cooled KOHLER's on the mowers HATE ethanol blended fuel, and vapor lock anytime you put a hard load on them and get em hot.

[cfelton]

Yep, I know how you all feel. Can't wait till they start pushing that E15. We're in for it!!

[nymack66]

I am still applying CPR to my engine after a long sleep. I am guessing I have to pump the gas out again!
I found an awesome site one can use to locate E-Free gas, I just found a station which I pass every day and had no clue.
Going forward I will heed the advise here, I did not know the E10 was so bad after all.

http://pure-gas.org

[bradford]

Yup.

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[bradford]

Originally Posted by THEFERMANATOR

Only 70 cents more a gallon, not down here. Try $1.25 a gallon more for ethanol free. It's still cheaper than having to do carbs all the time, and not having to worry about vapor lock. My air cooled KOHLER's on the mowers HATE ethanol blended fuel, and vapor lock anytime you put a hard load on them and get em hot.

What Kind of Kohlers do you have Ferm? I have a 27 HP Command Horizontal shaft on the Z. And a 25 HP Vertical on the garden tractor.

Never had any problems, probably because all they see is 0% ethanol gas with Stabil.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by bradford

What Kind of Kohlers do you have Ferm? I have a 27 HP Command Horizontal shaft on the Z. And a 25 HP Vertical on the garden tractor.

Never had any problems, probably because all they see is 0% ethanol gas with Stabil.

The infamous KOHLER CV25 vertical shaft 25HP KOHLER COMMAND PRO is the WORST friggen engine for vapor locking I have ever run. It doesn't help it's the commercial low boy style where the muffler is RIGHT there in the V next to the carb. I ended up heat wrapping the muffler, heat shielding the fuel lines, and putting a heat shield around the carb. This worked OK, but if I was running it HARD(pushing it alot harder than I should. A 61" ZTR isn't meant to be doing bush hogging) it would still vapor lock. Switched to ethanol free fuel and no more problems.

These 25HP vertical shaft KOHLERS are sort of the scourge of the mowing world with all of the problems of head gaskets popping, crank keys shearing, mufflers blowing out, and vapor locking. The 26HP was teh same basic engine, but was fuel injected and didn't suffer hardly any of the shortcomings of the 25. And the horizontal shaft 25HP KOHLER didn't have much trouble either. The 22HP vertical shaft on the bagger is a good engine, but it suffers from lifter bleed down. Doesn't really affect how it runs, but is sure annoying.

[spareparts]

I told the Kohler factory rep that their generators rust too fast to use as an anchor. I also told him they pass their dealership around like a bad case of the clap.



Can you tell I don't like kohler

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by spareparts

I told the Kohler factory rep that their generators rust too fast to use as an anchor. I also told him they pass their dealership around like a bad case of the clap.



Can you tell I don't like kohler

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