Ethenol?

[MtnMan]

Regular gas around here is 10% corn. Understand Trump's little adventure in Iran is bringing on mandatory 15% corn gas, starting in May.

For my small engines, I buy corn-free gas and have 20 gallons on hand, primarily for my generator. I pre-treat with StaBil and rotate it every 6 months by putting it in the car and refilling the can.

We don't drive much, so gas sits in the car for a while before refills with fresh gas, which is when ethanol does its work, even though newer cars are designed for some corn in their system.

Bite the bullet and just run corn-free? Does the premium grade have ethanol? If premium doesn't have ethanol, buy the mid-grade, which I understand is blended at the pump by delivering regular and premium, which should effectively lower the corn percentage.

You can't run your car's fuel system dry like I do with small engines, so the corn just sits there attracting water.

My other ride is a 2000 VW TDI that gets over 55MPG on the road, so even with the higher-priced diesel, it's still cheaper to drive.

 

[lxskllr]

Bite the bullet and just run corn-free? Does the premium grade have ethanol? If premium doesn't have ethanol, buy the mid-grade, which I understand is blended at the pump by delivering regular and premium,

All grades have corn unless otherwise noted. The corn free pumps I go to have their own separate pump, so there's no contamination of the hose. Blending to get midgrade makes sense, but I don't know for a fact that's how it's done. Either way it'll have ethanol.

It's basically a financial decision. If the corn free premium doesn't cause hardship, I'd run that. Corn free pumps are too far, and too expensive for me to run in anything but my small engines, but I'd like to. Ethanol is a scam imo. The only benefit is socialism for farmers, and we're not talking Bob down the street with his 64 Massey. It's the biggest of corporations getting money for not growing food.

 

[MtnMan]

Fortunately, there is a corn-free pump only about half a mile from my house, which is convenient. It's actually at a grocery store that has fuel perks, based on purchases in the store. It usually takes about 30¢ off the regular price.

They have 10 or 12 double-sided pumps; two are ethanol and diesel only. A lot of people are filling cans at the ethanol pumps for small engines, and I see some high-end cars pumping it.