Bad Gas

[MacUser]

Yes this is about the quality of Gasoline lately at the pump. Have you noticed that 10- 15% Ethanol has been merged in?

The result has been terrible running lawn mowers, 4 wheelers, and High Octane Cobra Engine not even start without bottle added boosters. It's been awful. Modern Fuel Injected Engines can adjust on the fly to this bad gas.. but the older Carbed Engines don't have this luxury and rich and lean jets have to be inserted based on the gas blend! Yikes!

Also the gas has NO shelf life... meaning that if I fill my reserve tanks up for my kids and lawn machines.. in a few weeks these reserves have gone bad! Only good to start a fire possibly...

I know California has been dealing with this dilemma for years.. but this is a first for us. I wish we had a website of where we could go and find gas that doesn't have this junk included.

Anybody else having poor running gas quality issues?

[Shellie]

Gee.....just lay off the veggie soup and you'll be okay.

[MacUser]

Gee.....just lay off the veggie soup and you'll be okay.

LOL.. no seriously is the Hog fuel injected?

[dolfan]

Try some 4-Power. The stuff works.

[MacUser]

This?


http://www.conklin.com/forms/4powercalc.htm

[Paully_44]

is the Hog fuel injected?

Mine is, but that may depend on the year.

As to the original question on gas quality, I have not noticed a difference in either my car, suburban, motorcyle, lawnmower or weed eater.

[RamboPreacher]

I live in Iowa - I only buy Gasohol have no performance issue, never have.

[PastorDaniel]

I live in Iowa - I only buy Gasohol have no performance issue, never have.

So how did the car run on the caffienated stuff down here?? I bet it thought "man oh man...real gas"

[Shellie]

Yes, our Road King is fuel injected.

[Full Quiver]

It is a federal mandate that there be at least 10% ethanol in each gallon of gasoline. By the year 2020 it must be 20 -25% and by 2050 it will near 50%. Ethanol gets less mileage per gallon. This federal mandate was passed in 2004 and at the time corn sold for $2 a bushel. Now corn sells for $8 a bushel. The idea was for cleaner burning fuel and a cheaper fuel. Now farmers are raking it in and food shortages are taking place the whole while our vehicles are traveling less miles per gallon. The feds have also subsidized farmers for corn and now the farmers are requiring the $8 price instead of the $2 price.

[one love]

It is a federal mandate that there be at least 10% ethanol in each gallon of gasoline. By the year 2020 it must be 20 -25% and by 2050 it will near 50%. Ethanol gets less mileage per gallon. This federal mandate was passed in 2004 and at the time corn sold for $2 a bushel. Now corn sells for $8 a bushel. The idea was for cleaner burning fuel and a cheaper fuel. Now farmers are raking it in and food shortages are taking place the whole while our vehicles are traveling less miles per gallon. The feds have also subsidized farmers for corn and now the farmers are requiring the $8 price instead of the $2 price.

[Susie Hamilton]

From the title of this thread, I thought maybe someone had eaten at Taco Bell.

[dolfan]

Macuser --- yep, that's the stuff! It will clean your system unlike any other I've seen. It will help your mileage. It will improve performance. Use a funnel, though. If you get it on your car, it can and does remove paint! For the first tank after your first use, you car will be a little sluggish on acceleration as the stuff goes to work on cleaning up the fuel system. We sell a lot of it at our store. Customers love it.