Talking About The Damage That Ethanol In Gasoline Does To Small Engines

Small engine mechanic Kenneth Francis of Spotsylvania, Virginia talks about the daily experiences he has fixing small engines that are damaged by ethanol in gasoline. In his business, he works on everything from lawnmowers and tractors to string trimmers, chain saws, boat motors, jet ski motors, etc. If you thought ethanol is good for the environment and doesn't harm small engines, you must view this video.

UPDATE 7/25/2011: Per gavincurtis's suggestion, here's the URL where you can look up possible non-ethanol gas pumps in your area.

http://www.fueltestkit.com/find_ethanol_free_gasoline.html

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[av8tor17b]

The problem isn't ethanol in the gas. Ethanol has been blended into gasoline since the late 1970's. The problem is small engine manufacturers who refuse to design their engines and carbs to handle ethanol mixture. Rubber hasn't been used in automobiles since 1979. Viton has replaced it in cars. But are small engine manufacturers following suit?

[VAhostnet]

@av8tor17b Ah! I've been wondering when someone would make this argument. It's the argument that no matter how much harm the government does with their "solutions", it's up to the manufacturers to overcome the effects...at the consumer's cost, of course!

I've got a better idea. How about stopping all this forced ethanol nonsense in the first place!

[VAhostnet]

@mondiesle Beg your pardon? What are you talking about? This video was brought to you by people who are sick of having ethanol muck up their lawn mowers, string trimmers, chain saws, recreational vehicles, etc. A solution that harms people is no solution.

[doutchyounow]

ethanol is not whats causing the problem.

gasoline and ethanol will not "blend" without a corrosive catalyst.

i dont know what the catalyst is.

i do know that what kenneth is showing you is true because i see it everyday too.

the catalyst melts rubber,plastics,corrodes aluminum.

shame on the oil companies for sell us expensive pisspoor fuel

[av8tor17b]

He's a real piece of work, isn't he?

[Husqvarnapro12]

spend 200 bucks for a new carb this year thanks to ethanol and my mower get at least 3 hrs use every day

[ugotsmacked1]

theirs a fleet farm that sells non-ethanol in my hometown. so their not all gone yet.

[mrsmashthings]

hey in a bit i am going to get off my butt and try and start some weed eater powered mopeds

[circusboy90210]

there would not be such a problem if you just change the fuel lines and etc. if you own something that does not run on this demand your goverment give you alteratives for your older equipment. government should not be able to mandate things that damage peoples property.

[dadcolo]

OMG, didn't know about the small engine probs it creates, the more I look into Etoh use in gasoline the more I find mis-information spread around. . I burn 2 more gallons of E-10 gasoline to get my 400 miles from my tank that I got with real gasoline. I pay $6 more to use that E-10 to keep that 400 miles. Pipelines can't transport it, so more trucks are on the road to move it for blending. that's it, they figured how to make more money off us. we went backwards! :-(

[NormanLA]

@mondiesle How do you know that this video was brought to us from Exxon Mobil? You don't. You made that up.