Refueled with REC Fuel

[miangus]

Just came off a 64-hour outage on Friday cause by a little storm last Tuesday. I got 7 different restoration times from the utility along the way. Yesterday I drained the regular gas in the generator tank and replaced with REC. I like to store it with REC fuel. Does anybody else do that?

 

[Russ from MN]

I store mine with mixed (chainsaw) gas, before I started doing that the carburetor would get oxidation in it. And besides, a little top cylinder lube is good before storage.

 

[JIM MN]

Your doing the right thing. NO ETHANOL in gas for storage. Long shelf life, will start easy and run great. Will not destroy any of gasoline parts? I use REC gas in all my small engines. All runs great.

 

[JMOR]

Always ethanol free in anything of ours that sits weeks without use has solved many headaches & work.

 

[Watthour]

I've been mixing my own brew since before the "boutique" fuel in cans or "re-refined ethanol" fuel was available. Low octane E-10, since lower octane fuel is more volatile (which is why it tends to preignite more than "premium" fuel. Ethanol can actually be beneficial for cleaning, suspension of other distillates, and water adsorption. Add a recommended amount of fuel stabilizer (any brand you like). Add two-cycle oil to around a 80:1 mix. Then keep everything sealed, as in no open vents while in storage. That minimizes water vapor, reduces evaporative loss of volatiles, with the result of "fresh" fuel lasting much longer.

I hadn't used my old Remington chainsaw in about 1-1/2 years, and a recent cleanup I pulled it out, filled the oiler, checked the chain and bar, added the 32:1 fuel which was stored, hit the primer a few times, and if popped in the first pull. No adjustments, no cleaning out anything, no fuss.

 

[Scott 730]

100LL FTW.

 

[Blackhole49]

Just came off a 64-hour outage on Friday cause by a little storm last Tuesday. I got 7 different restoration times from the utility along the way. Yesterday I drained the regular gas in the generator tank and replaced with REC. I like to store it with REC fuel. Does anybody else do that?

The gas engines that get ethanol fuel are my cars and trucks. Every thing else runs exclusively on rec. fuel.

 

[redtom]

I drain my tank and carb

 

[Farmall m farmer]

I run the carb dry and add fuel stabilizer but my local gas station started selling non ethanol so I have been buying that

 

[caterpillar guy]

I still say the alcohol in gas is all a wives tale with being a problem. I buy gas for the tractor about once to twice a year sets in a tank. I also use that same gas mixed for all the small engines like Chainsaws with no problems.

 

[MarkB_MI]

I try to leave my generator filled with REC-90 when it's not in use, even though I have little reason to believe it has a longer shelf life than regular E10. I run the carburetor dry before I put the generator up, then I pull the starter cord until the engine is on its compression stroke. That prevents the valves from sticking open.

 

[johnlobb]

Non ethanol in all my small engines. I'm the neighborhood fixit guy for the people that use E10 in their small engines. I don't have problems...

 

[JWA]

Just came off a 64-hour outage on Friday cause by a little storm last Tuesday. I got 7 different restoration times from the utility along the way. Yesterday I drained the regular gas in the generator tank and replaced with REC. I like to store it with REC fuel. Does anybody else do that?

I run mine on propane.

 

[Fixingfarmer]

Drain it empty empty empty. Its a generator it won't be used for 5 years lord willing. Anything will varnish by then. heck there would be concern about a valve sticking on a propane cylinder if it truly sat that long by then. If you have to siphon it out of your vehicle because you can't get a jug to survive at least its fresh fuel at that point.

 

[Mike(NEOhio)]

I still say the alcohol in gas is all a wives tale with being a problem. I buy gas for the tractor about once to twice a year sets in a tank. I also use that same gas mixed for all the small engines like Chainsaws with no problems.

Me too. No problems at all. Ohio is 10% E and I use the 87 grade in everything.

 

[JMOR]

Me too. No problems at all. Ohio is 10% E and I use the 87 grade in everything.

Just because you two haven't experienced the severe problem with E10 does NOT mean anything! Just remember the worst snotty cold you ever had and think of a gas tank full of what you blew out and coughed up and that is what E10 does if it sits exposed to air long enough. BTDT. You have to spoon it out of the tank or replace the tank.

 

[Fixingfarmer]

Just because you two haven't experienced the severe problem with E10 does NOT mean anything! Just remember the worst snotty cold you ever had and think of a gas tank full of what you blew out and coughed up and that is what E10 does if it sits exposed to air long enough. BTDT. You have to spoon it out of the tank or replace the tank.

Well it can either sit and varnish with gas or sit and collect water and snot up with ethanol. So the answer is the same drain it and burn it in the old pickup. Don’t let it sit over winter.

 

[john in la]

While I can get REC 90 I can also get REC 87
Living only a few miles from salt water I choose to use REC 87 with marine seafoam added in everything except my vehicles that are used daily.
Most people that say they never have problems with ethanol fuel most likely live in fly over country not near the coast like I do.
My generator has electric start and my wife knows how to flick the switch in the breaker box so I keep it fueled and ready to go for those times I may not be at home.

 

[MJMJ]

Just because you two haven't experienced the severe problem with E10 does NOT mean anything! Just remember the worst snotty cold you ever had and think of a gas tank full of what you blew out and coughed up and that is what E10 does if it sits exposed to air long enough. BTDT. You have to spoon it out of the tank or replace the tank.

LOL. Did you make this up or read it on the internet? Because it sure isn’t reality.

 

[JMOR]

LOL. Did you make this up or read it on the internet? Because it sure isn’t reality.

A 3rd who doesn't know Jack S. Here is my tank being tumbled with contents of bolts, nuts, washers and water to try and save it from the E10 snot.

https://imgur.com/JqvEuls