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I have never experienced issues with ethanol gas.
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I have seen float coatings eaten away by ethanol and the float soaks up gas like a sponge and sinks. I’ve seen ethanol turn old rubber tubing to mush. I’ve also seen phase separation in tanks after winter storage. You have been lucky not to have seen any of these things.
A couple years after ethanol was mandated in Minnesota, I stopped by a large, well-respected small engine shop (they do everything but outboards) for some chainsaw parts. At this time, most people had small engines that were not made for ethanol. I got talking with the owner and he said he didn’t like the ethanol in the gas, but it had been a good thing for him because at that time, 80% of his business was related to ethanol gas problems.
Dave