Originally Posted by
silvrbck
i had major carb issues , previous owner was running cheap corn gas, the whole system had this clearish yellow gooey stuff in it, i had to change everything , including removing the gas tank to clean it all out, one day it would run fine, the next day it would run like a pile of crap or not run at all, havent had a problem since cleaning the entire fuel system and i only run non ethanol in all my small engines now....
found this on line
A gallon of gasoline provides one-third more energy than a gallon of ethanol.
Blending ethanol and gasoline at a ratio of 85 percent to 15 percent (E85), the blended fuel is nearly thirty percent less powerful than pure gasoline. Ethanol is similar in acceleration, power, and cruising ability, but ethanol miles per gallon are less than pure gasoline.
Ethanol causes damage to fuel systems and engines that pure gasoline does not. The most critical problems are water contamination and fuel separation. Ethanol attracts and absorbs water, including water from the air. When the gasohol absorbs enough water, fuel water contamination occurs in the car’s gas tank and that affects engine performance. If the car sits for a while, fuel separation occurs; this is where the gas and water form layers in the gas tank and if the motor sucks up the water layer into the engine, serious costly, damage happens.