E0: 100% Gasoline, 0% Ethanol ⛽️

[Hellion]

Where can you buy this precious juice which works the best with our small engine carburetors and fuel lines? Might be extremely difficult to find in certain areas but if the below site doesn’t help you, most if not all marinas sell it for boating use as well as airports, but the latter is probably mostly AvGas and 100 octane. Racing fuel suppliers will probably have it as well but it will probably be quite pricey…

The list of ethanol-free gas stations in the U.S. and Canada

Pure-gas.org - ethanol-free gasoline in the U.S. and Canada

Pure-gas.org is the definitive web site listing stations that sell pure gasoline in the U.S. and Canada.

www.pure-gas.org

The site data is user supplied and maintained so it might behoove you to join and add to or correct the listings for your area or if you travel.

 

[panchothedog]

Wow, just checked California. Every one of them way up in the northern part of the state. 500 plus miles away. Great call on the marinas though. I know boaters hate ethanol. More like 6 miles away. Thank you.

 

[Master Hack]

This is great info! Fortunatly l have several sources within a few miles. The list is accurate, the village below MTL has 3 sources and they charge a premium of about $.50/gal. Makes sense, don't put meth in the fuel and charge more.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

In my tiny town we have a one pump gas station. Ethanol free.
I also frequent the small local airport. 100LL is what i run my high compression karts on. Everything else besides the daily drivers get Ethanol free.
My lawn mower, weed eater and chain saws all fire right up after sitting with fuel in the off season.

 

[OffRoadGoKart2024]

Fortunately I have a Quik Trip that carries it, about 1 mile from my house, so besides filling up my chainsaw mix with non-ethanol, I use it for my LT/GT and other equipment too. I usually fill my trucks too because I hardly drive them. Worth the extra $.50-.60 per gallon.

 

[Hellion]

Sorry for not posting it sooner, fellas. Figured most here on DIYGK knew where to get E0 or maybe already knew about the pure-gas site. I’ve mentioned pure-gas in past theads but it needed its own thread and a sticky seemed appropriate.

I was not exactly tracking on the higher price index for E0, never paid much attention, but as we all know ethanol is highly subsidized by the Feds so gasohol (gasoline with ethanol in it) gets a price cut. So you pay more for gasoline that is purer and doesn’t have that added ingredient--seems like it should be cheaper since it is easier to make…..

*That is not to say that E0 doesn’t have an additive package of detergents and so forth on its own.

 

[Hellion]

If you have an automobile with a carburetor, all you muscle car fans and old timey Model T drivers, you will also benefit from using E0.

Makes sense, don't put meth in the fuel and charge more.

I know, right? It doesn’t make any sense— it’s a waste of good (pricey) booze.

 

[Grizzlymi]

I have a few near buy, but they are 90 octane no ethanol. Rec Gas as we call it. Good to know there is site for this.

And no one should waste good pricey booze!!! I'm wasting some booze right now after a 6 day 9 hour week! Down the gullet it goes!

 

[Kartorbust]

Can't guarantee that the gas is 100% ethanol free. However using Sta-Bill will at least protect the carburetor from getting tarnished, will not prevent the gas from becoming varnish though.

 

[Hellion]

Can't guarantee that the gas is 100% ethanol free. However using Sta-Bill will at least protect the carburetor from getting tarnished, will not prevent the gas from becoming varnish though.

I suppose that is true in some locales/situations and I can think of a theoretical situation where your E0 can be polluted with ‘corn squeezins‘: If the pump has only one nozzle and you have selector buttons for all the E10+ Premium, Mid-grade and Regular unleaded and E0 is available on the pump too. You select E0 after the person before you has pumped in some E10 (or E85) and you get some residual ethanol, whatever was still in the hose?

The pumps I use have a separate nozzle for the E0 way off to the left in the same way pumps have a separate nozzle for diesel.

Some folks on Youtube have shown how Stabil isn’t the end-all, be-all preservative. It starts to congeal(?) after a while, probably well into the neglect cycle where you have fuel essentially rotting in the jug (or rotting in the fuel bowl) after 1 year, but I have been gambling Stabil-free for years using no preservatives…

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Are you referring to Project Farms video?

 

[Hellion]

Are you referring to Project Farms video?

Not directly, but he probably has a good one? Post them if you got 'em but I think Taryl did a long term test on Stabil and other fuel additives and a few other "machinery restorer" channels have popped off a few fuel bowls that had green jelly inside.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Here ya go.

 

[Kartorbust]

Here ya go.

I was indirectly referring to this one. Sta-Bil only prevents tarnish and corrosion in the tank and carb, but does not prevent gas from going stale or losing its combustion. Pretty much comes down to, leaving the fuel tank and carb bowl as empty as possible, but still have treated the last tank with sta-bil to get the properties out of it. Then refilling with fresh gas.

What I had meant before was, some of the people who refill the underground or even above ground tanks with fuel, may have mixed E10 with the E0 by mistake. Have seen that happen before. But I think a boat marina would be a safer bet. You will be paying a higher premium usually per gallon at one.

 

[Hellion]

What kills me is the absolute long life of diesel fuel. There's "will it run" types out there using the original 20+ year old diesel that's still in the tank! And speaking of tanks, another guy used the leftover diesel in one of Uncle Saddam's tanks from Gulf War I/II. Tank had been on outdoor display for a decade or more.

Makes me want to switch to diesel for karts and minibikes. They have small single cylinder, air cooled diesel engines....

 

[Denny]

The only thing with diesel is you have to watch out for red algae growth. As long as that don’t happen it’s good to go. But if it does you can’t kill it and you can’t remove it from a tank and lines. You must remove the tank, lines and replace them. Us former military vehicle owners it is the bane of our existence. I had a m35a2 for 12 years. I finally traded it for a corvette.

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

AvGas has a really long shelf life.
Never seen it go bad.
Dad worked at an airport years ago and behind the mechanic shop was an in ground fuel tank. It wasn't connected to any service pumps and was kinda forgotten about.
He pumped fuel out of it for years and put it in his car. It was high compression and no cats. It loved it.
The exhaust smell is lovely!

 

[Kartorbust]

Ya know most AvGas has lead in it right?

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Duh. 100LL. Low lead.
Thats what makes it smell so good!


Its probably why my hot wheels tasted good too.

 

[panchothedog]

I have used Sta-Bil at about double or triple the recommended ratio for years.
God only knows what's in the specially formulated California gas. When it gets about 8 months old I drain the tanks and my storage jug and put it in my truck.
If you are expecting gasoline to last for years, you are either buying too much, or not using your toys often enough. A diesel go kart. No way. I understand the torque, but low rpm and the smell, not for me.