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I retired from working in an oil refinery. I worked in the testing lab, testing gasoline. Ethanol is not an octane booster, it is a government mandated rule for air pollution mitigation. It reduces the amount of carbon monoxide in the exhaust. Premium gasoline will generally have the smallest amount of ethanol in it, fairly often it has none. That is what I run in our car and every small engine. The octane isn't needed, but I do not want ethanol in the gasoline I use.
This is interesting to learn because after ethanol sitting in an unused car messed up the fuel system, I began to only use ethanol-free fuel, which is about $1 more per gallon than regular gas. I discovered the engine runs smoother with ethanol-free and it gets slightly better miles per gallon. I think premium gas is maybe 50¢ cheaper per gallon than ethanol-free and perhaps 50¢ more per gallon than regular gas; maybe I should try it.
@@bobf1174, how about the rest of the story? (1) Millions of acres otherwise dedicated to food crops go to fuel treatment, which results in damaged fuel systems, short storage life, reduced gas mileage. . . . (2) Cattle just aren't built to digest corn. Damn sure not GMO corn, which is ALL the corn grown for lobby fuel. And so on - it's not a great fuel, when made from GMO corn (if it was made from hemp it would be a far more efficient process), or used to dilute higher btu fuels, among other things, causing them to draw in moisture that reduces their storage life.
@@kellyvcraig cattle pigs and chickens aren’t meant to eat corn? Your agricultural knowledge is low. So 93 million acres of corn will get planted to what? Bananas, pineapples and avocados? Livestock type corn is not the same as sweet corn on the cob or canned corn. You going to feed chickens grass? Grass fed butcher hog?
One of my brothers worked for Farmer's Oil in Beatrice, NE as a chemical engineer formulating gasoline and other fuels. He had to sign a non-disclosure agreement to work there.
Trump makes everyone who works for him sign an NDA. From management to dishwasher. He also made all Whitehouse employees and aids to cabinet positions and even military personnel assigned to the Whitehouse sign an NDA . Highly illegal. Just like Trump their paychecks are signed by the US taxpayers.
Once in a while, I use Amsoil PI (performance improver) in my tank. I always see my gas mileage go up when I use it, and Amsoil through testing, makes sure that it cleans up your system (pistons, valves), etc.. After all, I am a lifetime dealer, since 1980. I don't push it, I just use it for myself. I love their products!
@@opera93 Plenty of testing done on PI, and proven to cleanup valves, pistons, etc.. before and after photos. Amsoil has a good reputation. They aren't going to fudge the results.
@@doug900S a cost/benefit ratio might be good. Diesel truck I used a centine anti jel that is supposed to improve mpg. If it does it’s not near worth it. BUT to have no fear above zero fuel jelling? It’s dirt cheap.
I've got a 2005 Toyota 4Runner with 348,000 miles on it. I bought it new in November 2004 and I have always put the cheapest gas l could find in it. It runs like it was new. Never had but one problem with it except for the heater motor. It took me less than 5 minutes to replace. It doesn't burn oil and it doesn't smoke.
Reminds me of my '84 Toyota diesel pickup I bought new. I owned a small car repair shop and got it to pull cars it to fix them. I home built an all steel 12 ft goose neck trailer for it, 4 inch I-beam frame, 12 ft 10 inch short sided channels for ramps, and a ramsey winch that pulled in and reeled out with the electric motor (no brake) in the goose neck. It didn't even know that a car and trailer was being pulled, that much torque in that 2'4 liter overhead cam belt drive engine that got 30 mpg out of it. Best vehicle I ever owned, and put OVER 800 K on it before the box frame under it rusted totally in two, and the engine was still running. Vive la Toyota.
You and me are the reason they’re engineering cars to fail early with 3 cylinder engines, turbo charger, CVT trannies, and now ethanol fuel. All designed to ensure you can’t drive your car for 410,000 miles (2014 Ford Expedition). Welcome to the new world.
@johntaylor8271 after the comment I made 11 days ago.l have some bad news about the 05 Toyota 4Runner with the V8.. My wife rolled it. She wasn't hurt, just her feelings. All I can say is it was a great car... And now the wife is a owner of a 2010 Ford Expedition with a 6 cylinder and 97,000 miles.
@@williamwalker1277 sorry to hear that but good to know your wife is okay. That Expedition will last forever. And when it fails replace the engine which is what I’m gonna do. In fact, looking for an ultra high millage car now to buy for pennies on the dollar so I can do just that. Good luck.
I have a toyota t 100 with just over 400,000 miles on it. Same story, cheap gas always and runs great. Mobile 1 oil and new filter every 5k miles. Doesn't use or burn oil.
Ethanol also degrades and damages aluminum... That's why you cannot use street gasoline in piston engined aircraft. The wing tanks in most small aircraft are actually part of the wing structure to save weight. Have ethanol in there and your wings get weaker as time goes by and then some day you fall outta the sky because your wings failed.
@@stevenweiss2148 That I do not know... But the FAA got directly involved when Oregon mandated that ALL liquid fueled vehicles must run on methanol blended fuels, including aircraft. Oregon refused to sell 100LL and sport gasoline (used in boat engines) FAA told them that's fine...no aircraft allowed to land in your state including commercial. To be honest the Alphabet Soup groups have too much power, but in the FAA cases I'm glad they do.
I got lucky both the little stations by my house in the boonies has non ethanol 90 octance gas. It would be 12 miles for me to the next closest one and these are less than a mile away.
Get a clear 5 gallon jar with a bottom spout. Put 4 gallons of gas in with 1/2 gallon water. Stir and let settle like Scotty did. The ethanol WILL mix with the water and settle to the bottom. Drain or siphon off the water/ethanol mix, leaving just ethanol free gas. This will also work with "old" gas as gas never gets old, just tha additives do. Save your money
if your vehicle will run on 87 without detonating, or pre-igniting, use it, if your car does pre-ignite, or detonate, use premium. Forget about that mid grade, you do not know what percentage of premium is blended with regular to get that mix.. You do not get more power with premium fuel. All premium does is prevent you from losing power. If you have a vehicle that is prone to detonation or preignition. That’s all premium does, is keep you from losing power.
Higher octane resists detonation. If it ignites too fast your engine loses power and makes a horrible pinging sound. If it burns slower you end up poluting more with unburned carbon. I use high octane because the manufacturer requires it, it has a turbo engine
I have a truck with a turbo on the engine. The manufacturer says it’s ok to burn 87 octane gas but I use premium(91 octane). I’ve had several vehicles with turbos in the past 40 years and they all run better with the higher octane fuel.
I ran a full service car wash in the early 90's. Back in those days, the oil company ran your credit cards for you. You used the CC revenue to buy your gas. I switched gas brands and the gas dealer gave me cases of additive in quart bottles. I would dump x amount of additives in quarts into the fuel tanks before a delivery of gas was dumped to sweeten the gas.. I got to say, my unleaded ran better than the other unleaded in the area. Yeah I was spiking the additive but it sure ran good.
It's ALL about the Additives. You can be SURE that if buy cheap gas, it for certain will have virtually no Cleaning additives. Locally, the Tech's at Motorcycle shops recommend Shell V Power.
I go out of my way to drive to a Shell station for this gas. Ironically about 4 years ago I experienced my first case of bad gas at another shell station but it was caught relatively quickly because so many people complained . No problems ever since and I swear I get better gas mileage using Vpower 🤙🏼
All gas sold in the US has to meet the min. government requirement , it all has detergents in it. Better gas just has a better additive package. Ran no name gas and branded gas, , 1 MPG difference and ran great.
My car is peachy keen happy with 10% Ethanol gas, but I ve messed up some small engines with it and now go buy the no ethanol gas for my lawn equipment.
Some small engines require it as I had one and didn't use it and destroyed the engine only to fine it required 10% which is usually under that as it only takes about 6 to 7 to be pollution effective.
If the price per gallon at the pump is more than advertised report it to the Department of Agriculture. They will investigate and possibly fine the service station.
Never buy gas when their tanks are being filled from the tanker truck. It stirs up the gunk and water at the bottom of the station's underground tank. Wait at least 5-10 minutes for everything to settle before pumping. This is mostly older stations that have had years of condensation, and only in humid climates.
A way to prevent skimming your card is to use the tap. The chip in your card and the reader exchange an encryption token. Your number is never read by the machine. As.a cybersecurity person, I never use the swipe if I can use the tap. The same thing works for your Apple Pay or Google Pay. Use the tap or NFC and there is no card number to capture.
@@thotenvin6595use whatever your cars drivers manual tells you to use. 88 is fine for most cars. Here they have 87, 89 or 92. I use 87 since that's what Nissan says to use. Never had a problem just using what the manufacturer says to use. I run the old school unleaded in my bikes though.
About lead, people knew back then, that's why the gasoline conferences were made, the inventor was huffing gasoline in public to prove lead is safe, he got wildly sick.
In both N. J. and PA the state used to come out completely unannounced 3 - 5 times a month and measure a gallon and test for water, octane and various impurities !!
Used to be 50c cheaper in Joisey vs. NY ,and they pump it for you! so I'd always stop for fuel at the I-84 ny exit for Port Jervis and fill up there ,but nowadays they're about the same, maybe 20-30c difference.
3 to 5 times per month?! So like every 6 days? That seems kinda excessive. Is there a reason as to why Jersey is so particular about its gas? I used to deal with a bunch of random businesses over the phone and the ones in Jersey were almost always landfills/dumps that were run by (or at least started by) the mob. They were actually very reasonable to deal with once we both got done yelling
Lead additive was eliminated from gasoline because it instantly destroys catalytic converters if used (and catalytic converters became standard equipment on all US vehicles by law starting in model year 1975).
They ran both for a long time at the pumps. Trucks that were one-ton rated could still enjoy leaded fuel up into the 1980s. I had one. RVs with big engines also got a pass into the 1980s as well. It was well known from the start that you couldn't run leaded gas in a car/truck with a cat. If you did, you were just stupid.
MMT additive first started with leaded gas (and has continued). For all its effects it does not automatically ruin a catalytic converter (like TEL lead additive did).
My ‘11 Vic has that option but I only used it at the height of gas prices during Obama administration- and just once. The mileage is less (the mpg) so it defeats the purpose. If anything, I wonder if it’s not bad for the engine- even if it’s manufactured to handle it, . I just assume not use it.
@@AndrewVOdom I do know you really wanna have the most of one fuel or the other because when it changes the tune it expects it to be one of the other. Definitely not wise switching fuels when you've still got 1/4-1/3 a tank left.
Ethanol ruined gas quality is so suspect now, I only put Exxon Premium or Shell Nitro in any 2003 Honda Accord four cylinder. Over 2000.000 miles on it, it runs quiet, powerful and economical. I'll pay more for a gas that does not gum up my motor. I wish the government would stop putting corn liquor in the gas.
You realize that fuel is still a 10% ethanol file. A fact of life is that ethanol is cleaner and keeps injector / carb parts cleaner. However, if you leave ethanol fuels sitting a longer time, the corrosive ethanol evaporates, corrodes some internal aluminum and cheap brass parts, but leaves a varnish as the gasoline evaporates. Ethanol by is self has more octane, so it’s actually an octane booster. Top-Tier fuel like Costco sells is a premium fuel and contains Techron. The big problem with ethanol is when it sits unused in a motor / fuel tank ethanol ( all alcohols ) are hydrophilic and bind with moisture in the air. In a closed fuel system this really isn’t a problem.
@@peppersmoothie I let a car sit too long with _up to 10%_ ethanol fuel from Chevron, which contains Techron. It destroyed parts of the fuel system, which was very costly to replace. I now only use ethanol-free and I get slightly better fuel economy and the engine runs smoother. I’d only use gas containing ethanol on cars with fuel systems designed for it.
@@greentriumph1643 after they put it in and had to raise prices, then they raised prices to not put it in…also if you think lead fumes are safe I don’t know what to tell you.
You can thank the wackos in california for that one Demon, they're California mission standards that are required all around the United State of caliporn.Yeah, they really don't know much there.Except for how to mess things up
Back before self-service you had to watch out for gas jockies 'hanging the pump'. This would happen when the customer before you only wanted a dollar or two of gas. The attendant would not reset the pump to zero, and hang the pump so that when he put it in your car, it would start at $1 or $2. If you weren't observant or did not know how much gas you tank held, you would pay the extra money which the attendant would pocket.
@@michaelkatz7862 rumann above is correct if he did not reset the pump for next vehicle. He would collect again on the first cars purchase without dispensing that additional amount of gas. If he pocketed the difference the $ and the gallons would agree at closing.
Yeah i remember we used to have to zero out the pump meter ourselves. Than they came up with this attendant that has a little tool to do it,so you couldn't anymore. Yes,I remember when we never pumped our own gas,there was always a guy that would come out and do it for you.
Man, my Toyota Sienna used to run great. One day to save a little on gas, I decided to buy regular gas instead of premium. Shortly thereafter my check engine light went on with codes po 420 and 430. I had no idea regular gas would do so much damage.
That's great. My Toyota is a 2006. Even so it had about 115,000 miles when I bought it. I always used premium like I said. I can't believe yours responded differently. Good for you.
Ethanol is corrosive stuff. Have seen carb damage in lawn and garden equipment from when people dont empty the gas out or use some stabil or similar when storing them for the winter.
There’s a station a mile from my house that advertises ethanol free gas. It’s more expensive but that’s probably better, especially if you have a car that sits during the Winter.
The E85 crap has a range of 51% to 85% ethanol and can vary a lot by station and region. The 10% ethanol can also vary a lot - I've had 15-30% before. You can make your own tester if you don't want to buy one. Just search how to make one.
I bought the E85 pump assembly for our 2002 Chrysler, even though not a Flex-fuel model, since less expensive than the regular one and figured it had better plastics to survive ethanol. Fit fine and no problems in 5 years since. Only downside might be that the pump has higher volume since E85 needs a higher flowrate. Congress is pondering allowing up to 20% ethanol (E20), since the EPA claims it won't hurt normal cars.
The only thing you can do is run non ethanol old school unleaded though it costs more. You can also get gas from a reputable station in your town. I guess you're gonna have to get one of those testers.
If you own a car made after 1996 that 17% ethanol is not going to do anything negative. It's only when you get above 30% is when it causes issues. Stop listening to Scotty he doesn't know everything like he thinks he does.
Nah, after 14 years of use it becomes greener even if it's powered by electricity from fossil fuel sources (and sooner if the energy is from other sources).
How you said ...." The difference ...is what they adding in gas .... This is the biggest problem I can tell when I make a long trip of 750 miles and put gas from different gas stations , what are closest to highways , .... there are huge difference ..... On same octane gas With all respect for TRUTH and KNOWLEDGE
@@dazzlewoodonly tar sand oil is from living things, deep crude is produced from the heat of the core. You only find deep crude near fault lines. Tar sand oil is only found where bodies of water were. There is hydrocarbons in space…
Driving for over 50 years and have never had any issue with any gasoline types. I currently buy the lowest octane (regular) in my Lexus that specifies "premium gas only" No issues. Runs like a top. I do know that ethanol has indeed ruined good mileage.
How about paying and selecting for high grade like 94….. and it shares the same nozzle. You are paying high price for how much in the line until you get the grade that you selected!
Never thought of that. I think when I get premium for my Mustang I'll take a gas can and put about 1/2 gallon in it to clear the nozzle and line and I'll have 1/2 gallon for for lawn mower
@@jasonmorecroft7764 Right - I bet almost NO-ONE thinks of that. I am in my 70's and never thought of that until today when I read your post. I wonder how much is left in the nozzle and hose ?
Oh yeah, I once pumped two gallons of water and eight gallons of gas into my car. The station's tanks were leaking. Probably not a problem in most of Texas but it happens here in the NW. It was an old Honda but it was my only car. Ruined the motor. Nothing happened to the station even after I reported it.
the new lead additive, which was intended to be used in gasoline, was already considered toxic and harmful to health even before it was added to the fuel,
Autos produced after 2001 can run on up to E-15. I have tested it in 3 autos and have had zero issues. Pay a lot less too. It's not available in all areas through.
How many people are buying the E85 ethanol gasoline in some attempt to save money? They soon find out most vehicles are not made to operate on mostly ethanol. I bet these are people trying to save lots of money by filling their cars with E85. Scotty, thank you for all you do for us home maintenance folks. Without your help many of us would be victims of crooked, greedy, or incompetent car repair people. The best is: advising us to buy a very good OBD 2 code and operating reader for our vehicles.
I get horrible gas mileage with gas from King Soopers (Kroger). But Sam's club and Murphy gas seems to do just fine (Sam's uses murphy oil). My boss loves the prices at king soopers, but who knows what's in the gas he's running his vehicle on. Is there a way to test how much percentage of gasoline there is? That way i can see how much additives there are in their gas.
I bought a new chevrolet in 1975. That was the first car that was labeled unleaded fuel only... I'm not sure when they stopped selling it completely.....You could still buy leaded fuel for years as racing fuel and you may still get leaded gas at airports designed for piston engine powered airplanes
@@michaellankford8358 Correct. 1975 was the first model year that cars in the U.S. were required to use unleaded fuel. The law/regulation to phase out lead in vehicles (on highway) was passed before that. So, way before 1990.
@@Thagomizer-U235 i was still buying it for my old harley in 95. after that i had to buy small containers of lead additive. EDIT: might have varied by state. michigan here.
MTBE also did some interesting things to the vehicle. SAAB had to replace fuel pumps on many of their vehicles because the higher levels of MTBE in fuels sold in some parts of the country dissolved the adhesive in the fuel filters, causing particles of the adhesive to clog and damage the pumps. There was no recall though. It was fixed on a "courtesy" basis.
I don't know what to tell you, but, I've got a 2006 Dodge Charger SE 3.5L HO, and, i use nothing but 89 octane. Have 190,000 miles, doesnt burn a drop of oil! 🤷
Hi Scotty, My husband passed and I have his 1999 Ford F350, Sport, 8 cylinder & I have no idea what gas to put in it. I know it does not take diesel. Thanks
Hey Scotty, last week I went to a station a mile from my house, that I never use. It's in a bad neighborhood. Anyway, they had an auto-shutoff scam going on. If I hadn''t caught it, they would have stung me for about 1% of what I paid for. So I did not get cheated.
Thank you for the reminder I'm going back to cash until everything goes back to plastic Besides places are charging percentages for using the damn things
@@belindaspechtenhauser6621 when it happens they will be controlling when where if how much what u eet and bunging tax on top for Cchange...everyone should only use cassshhhh where possible
You can tune almost anything to run E85, but you need to change all the rubber parts in the fuel system. Fuel pumps also need to not have copper commutators. It's mostly too much expense unless you're racing.
My 91Ford F150 300 runs off anything ive put everything from E85, diesel fuel, oil, 2 stroke oil, marvin mystery oil, even trans fluid in my tank. Not more than a couple quarts up to a couple gallons at a time and it burns it all.
But Scotty my car is designed to burn up to 15%. 7:35. Also being a turbo it seems to run better on 88 octane E15 than on 87 octane E10… certainly when it’s warm out.
the higher the octane will help with the boost and timing the reason it help control spark knock and a the slower burn of the fuel will produce more over all power
@@tacitus7 basically the higher the octane the better the fuel is. there is a video that I can not find right now. That explains the r+m/2 octane rating. The lower octane fuel explodes and causes detention or a spark knock. The higher octane fuels burns clean and supplies more power
I put either 87 octane regular gas or 88 octane E15 gas (usually can only find it at one of the 2 Sheetz in my town) in my 2021 Ram 1500 Crew Cab Laramie 4x4 (V-8 Hemi). I have 60k miles on the odo; no problems…I get 18-19 mpg avg; 16-18 city driving and 19-21 highway.
Some interesting tidbits about MTBE, the company I work for back during that craze install some sampling systems for it in the refineries locally here in Corpus Christi Texas. The problem we were having was the MTBE was eating the O-rings up literally dissolving them into nothing. We ended up with something called Kalrez O-rings, they’re the size of the end of your pencil eraser and they were over $100 apiece they were the only ones that would put up with it that stuff is highly corrosive.
@@okoko47 I am not sure why the owners manual would say that other than for fuel consumption reasons maybe. I've used it religiously in all of my vehicles over the years without issue.
Identical lawn mowers and small engines to ours in Brazil use their common gasoline which contains 27.5% ethanol. It has worked out so well and for so long that Paraguay went to E27.
One other thing, checked the gas station itself if the guy looks kind of run down and like his gas station don't buy the gas because I did once in my diesel and I found out that the fuel messed up my pickup and all my lines lean to the engine and the engine ran terrible just like that gas station appeared so beware
So our parent's accidentally gave us Led poisoning by smelling the gas on every fill up in the 70s & 80s .. Here comes another class action lawsuit 😂🎉 Love the advice!
All I put in my 2016 Audi A3 is Sheetz unleaded 88 E15 it's always 10-20 cents cheaper than 87 and I always get an additional 8 cents off with the combination of my loyalty card and some rewards points. I haven't had any problems with it for my car. Owners manual says it okay too.
Fuel or E Gas has two components, Ron and Mon and the Ethanol is also added to the fuel before it is loaded onto delivery tanker. And yes Ethanol brings up the octane rating.
It is true that base gasses are virtually the same but whatever additives they are putting in V Power gas gives me considerably more power and gas mileage. It is the only gas I'll put in my bike. Runs much better for sure...
I have noticed that big places like Racetrac and Quicktrip truckstops are doing something to their diesel. When it is hot or cold, the fuel seems to evaporate. I am a fuel tanker driver, and they have mixed these products so well with their blend and biodiesel -- that it's like a chemical reaction. However, when I go to a regular Exxon, Chevron, or Amaaco - the diesel lasts much longer and stays in the tank without evaporating. Also, do you think the new administration will eliminate DEF in diesel trucks? Oh yeah, do you like the new CAT pickup truck...
The Best question so far.I wish I knew. But I do know the worst one.sorry I can't remember the name of It. Since I just learned that they buy the cheapest gas on the market. I believe it starts with ON
When I worked in a gas station the when the price changed we had to manually change each pump. The pumps meter had sort of a transmission, you manually changed the gear ratio to the display that showed how much gas you were getting.
All octane does, is raise temperature in which fuel burns. this keeps the fuel from igniting too early thus no knocking or pinging which murders rings and pistons.
I drive a 2014 Hyundia Genesis 2.0t I always put premium gas instead of regular gas, because of the turbo and so the car can run smoother. Am I wasting my money? Thanks in advance.
Neat thing. Just like Scotty showed you, if you wish to remove all Ethanol from your gas for 2-Cycle mixed fuel engines like weed-whackers or mowers and such that use oil mix fuel and not pay an insane $28 or more a half gallon for non-Ethanol 1-50 mix fuel at the garden center. Take a clear container of 2-gallons put in 1-gallon of gas and 1-cup of water and shake. The water will absorb the Ethanol and separate out. The clean fuel floats, either pour off the fuel or like me I have a container with a screw-valve in the bottom looks like a water separate in a diesel system. open the valve and drain off the water until fuel starts to come out.
I dunno where your buying ethanol free gas at, but the local Wawa has it for about $6 a gallon. It's almost twice as expensive, sure, but nowhere NEAR $56 a gallon.
@@DarkForce2024 It's 1-50 fuel/oil pre-mix like VP and TruFuel found in garden center and hardware store and the like. Go there sand be amazed with the silliness. Great you have a Wawa, but you can still get it for less by just separating your own. ^~^
Too much yada yada instead of cutting directly to the point of why not use whatever particular grade of gasoline it just goes on and on and on blah blah blah instead of getting to the point you can always be us about and tell your own stories after you're done but come on for your viewing audience get to the point right away and then ramble on later
I always suspected they pumps were not accurate. I buy non ethanol gas every few gas fills. I hope this is ok. Same stuff i put in my lawnmower. Seems to run better
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I remember when you could get a tiger in your tank and get this little tiger tail to hang out your gas door.
That brings back some fond memories!
Wow, OMG, I remember! I must be getting old! And the attendant checked the oil, washed the Windows while filling her up with Ethal!
Was that Exxon?
I remember the Union 76 antenna balls
Clemson fans still do
I retired from working in an oil refinery. I worked in the testing lab, testing gasoline. Ethanol is not an octane booster, it is a government mandated rule for air pollution mitigation. It reduces the amount of carbon monoxide in the exhaust. Premium gasoline will generally have the smallest amount of ethanol in it, fairly often it has none. That is what I run in our car and every small engine. The octane isn't needed, but I do not want ethanol in the gasoline I use.
OR MORE ACCURATELY SAID, it is a lobbying industry product.
This is interesting to learn because after ethanol sitting in an unused car messed up the fuel system, I began to only use ethanol-free fuel, which is about $1 more per gallon than regular gas. I discovered the engine runs smoother with ethanol-free and it gets slightly better miles per gallon. I think premium gas is maybe 50¢ cheaper per gallon than ethanol-free and perhaps 50¢ more per gallon than regular gas; maybe I should try it.
@@kellyvcraig put about 2 billion gallons into the US every year. It’s a great fuel with the leftovers being fed to livestock
@@bobf1174, how about the rest of the story?
(1) Millions of acres otherwise dedicated to food crops go to fuel treatment, which results in damaged fuel systems, short storage life, reduced gas mileage. . . .
(2) Cattle just aren't built to digest corn. Damn sure not GMO corn, which is ALL the corn grown for lobby fuel.
And so on - it's not a great fuel, when made from GMO corn (if it was made from hemp it would be a far more efficient process), or used to dilute higher btu fuels, among other things, causing them to draw in moisture that reduces their storage life.
@@kellyvcraig cattle pigs and chickens aren’t meant to eat corn? Your agricultural knowledge is low. So 93 million acres of corn will get planted to what? Bananas, pineapples and avocados? Livestock type corn is not the same as sweet corn on the cob or canned corn. You going to feed chickens grass? Grass fed butcher hog?
One of my brothers worked for Farmer's Oil in Beatrice, NE as a chemical engineer formulating gasoline and other fuels. He had to sign a non-disclosure agreement to work there.
Trump makes everyone who works for him sign an NDA. From management to dishwasher. He also made all Whitehouse employees and aids to cabinet positions and even military personnel assigned to the Whitehouse sign an NDA . Highly illegal. Just like Trump their paychecks are signed by the US taxpayers.
And?
@@rustdesk09 What part of "non-disclosure" did you not understand???
@@Social_Infidelthe (non) part…start talking!
So what?
Once in a while, I use Amsoil PI (performance improver) in my tank. I always see my gas mileage go up when I use it, and Amsoil through testing, makes sure that it cleans up your system (pistons, valves), etc.. After all, I am a lifetime dealer, since 1980. I don't push it, I just use it for myself. I love their products!
Ps: be good if : viable study of PI, & “ samplings”……?.
@@opera93 Plenty of testing done on PI, and proven to cleanup valves, pistons, etc.. before and after photos. Amsoil has a good reputation. They aren't going to fudge the results.
@@doug900S a cost/benefit ratio might be good. Diesel truck I used a centine anti jel that is supposed to improve mpg. If it does it’s not near worth it. BUT to have no fear above zero fuel jelling? It’s dirt cheap.
I've got a 2005 Toyota 4Runner with 348,000 miles on it. I bought it new in November 2004 and I have always put the cheapest gas l could find in it. It runs like it was new. Never had but one problem with it except for the heater motor. It took me less than 5 minutes to replace. It doesn't burn oil and it doesn't smoke.
Reminds me of my '84 Toyota diesel pickup I bought new. I owned a small car repair shop and got it to pull cars it to fix them. I home built an all steel 12 ft goose neck trailer for it, 4 inch I-beam frame, 12 ft 10 inch short sided channels for ramps, and a ramsey winch that pulled in and reeled out with the electric motor (no brake) in the goose neck. It didn't even know that a car and trailer was being pulled, that much torque in that 2'4 liter overhead cam belt drive engine that got 30 mpg out of it. Best vehicle I ever owned, and put OVER 800 K on it before the box frame under it rusted totally in two, and the engine was still running. Vive la Toyota.
You and me are the reason they’re engineering cars to fail early with 3 cylinder engines, turbo charger, CVT trannies, and now ethanol fuel. All designed to ensure you can’t drive your car for 410,000 miles (2014 Ford Expedition). Welcome to the new world.
@johntaylor8271 after the comment I made 11 days ago.l have some bad news about the 05 Toyota 4Runner with the V8.. My wife rolled it. She wasn't hurt, just her feelings. All I can say is it was a great car... And now the wife is a owner of a 2010 Ford Expedition with a 6 cylinder and 97,000 miles.
@@williamwalker1277 sorry to hear that but good to know your wife is okay. That Expedition will last forever. And when it fails replace the engine which is what I’m gonna do. In fact, looking for an ultra high millage car now to buy for pennies on the dollar so I can do just that. Good luck.
I have a toyota t 100 with just over 400,000 miles on it. Same story, cheap gas always and runs great. Mobile 1 oil and new filter every 5k miles. Doesn't use or burn oil.
Thank-you Scotty!!!
I heard 10+ yrs ago 88 gas
was bad for older cars.
Thanks for reminding me that nothing has changed
& it's still bad for cars!!!!
Ethanol also degrades and damages aluminum... That's why you cannot use street gasoline in piston engined aircraft. The wing tanks in most small aircraft are actually part of the wing structure to save weight. Have ethanol in there and your wings get weaker as time goes by and then some day you fall outta the sky because your wings failed.
Yup. Modern fuels are rough on aluminum carburetors. I have to rebuild /clean mine at least once a year.
Jerrywalsh5766 is that what happened to ICARUS?
@@stevenweiss2148 That I do not know... But the FAA got directly involved when Oregon mandated that ALL liquid fueled vehicles must run on methanol blended fuels, including aircraft. Oregon refused to sell 100LL and sport gasoline (used in boat engines) FAA told them that's fine...no aircraft allowed to land in your state including commercial. To be honest the Alphabet Soup groups have too much power, but in the FAA cases I'm glad they do.
Aviation gasoline generally has higher octane. Why would anyone be using Automotive gas?
does that mean i cant clean naked metal surfaces on cars with gas before painting?
I have to drive to a town 13 miles away to buy non-ethanol gas. I use it in my small engines.
I only use ethanol free in my car. Luckily there are a couple stations like 5 miles from me.
Unfortunately for Canadians it’s not sold here anymore. Would definitely use it in my classic.
I got lucky both the little stations by my house in the boonies has non ethanol 90 octance gas. It would be 12 miles for me to the next closest one and these are less than a mile away.
Yeah, same here. I get mine at a small airport and get the no lead aviation gas, blue stuff. Makes all my smaller engines purrrrr.
Get a clear 5 gallon jar with a bottom spout. Put 4 gallons of gas in with 1/2 gallon water. Stir and let settle like Scotty did. The ethanol WILL mix with the water and settle to the bottom. Drain or siphon off the water/ethanol mix, leaving just ethanol free gas. This will also work with "old" gas as gas never gets old, just tha additives do. Save your money
if your vehicle will run on 87 without detonating, or pre-igniting, use it, if your car does pre-ignite, or detonate, use premium. Forget about that mid grade, you do not know what percentage of premium is blended with regular to get that mix..
You do not get more power with premium fuel. All premium does is prevent you from losing power. If you have a vehicle that is prone to detonation or preignition. That’s all premium does, is keep you from losing power.
If you are using reg gas and losing power then switching to premium simple math says you are gaining power _ Right ??
Higher octane resists detonation. If it ignites too fast your engine loses power and makes a horrible pinging sound. If it burns slower you end up poluting more with unburned carbon. I use high octane because the manufacturer requires it, it has a turbo engine
I have a truck with a turbo on the engine. The manufacturer says it’s ok to burn 87 octane gas but I use premium(91 octane). I’ve had several vehicles with turbos in the past 40 years and they all run better with the higher octane fuel.
No, it’s the difference of 10% ethanol, or no ethanol at all. Ethanol destroys your engine.
@@Maynardd But it's not like you can buy gas with no ethanol. At least not in Ca.
I ran a full service car wash in the early 90's. Back in those days, the oil company ran your credit cards for you. You used the CC revenue to buy your gas. I switched gas brands and the gas dealer gave me cases of additive in quart bottles. I would dump x amount of additives in quarts into the fuel tanks before a delivery of gas was dumped to sweeten the gas.. I got to say, my unleaded ran better than the other unleaded in the area. Yeah I was spiking the additive but it sure ran good.
It's ALL about the Additives. You can be SURE that if buy cheap gas, it for certain will have virtually no Cleaning additives. Locally, the Tech's at Motorcycle shops recommend Shell V Power.
Where can you buy cheap gas at 😂
@@dang75790Sinclair or the generic gas stations.
I go out of my way to drive to a Shell station for this gas. Ironically about 4 years ago I experienced my first case of bad gas at another shell station but it was caught relatively quickly because so many people complained . No problems ever since and I swear I get better gas mileage using Vpower 🤙🏼
All gas sold in the US has to meet the min. government requirement , it all has detergents in it. Better gas just has a better additive package. Ran no name gas and branded gas, , 1 MPG difference and ran great.
Gasoline is a cleaner
My car is peachy keen happy with 10% Ethanol gas, but I ve messed up some small engines with it and now go buy the no ethanol gas for my lawn equipment.
Some small engines require it as I had one and didn't use it and destroyed the engine only to fine it required 10% which is usually under that as it only takes about 6 to 7 to be pollution effective.
If the price per gallon at the pump is more than advertised report it to the Department of Agriculture. They will investigate and possibly fine the service station.
And then you have less gas stations .... oops😮
Never buy gas when their tanks are being filled from the tanker truck. It stirs up the gunk and water at the bottom of the station's underground tank. Wait at least 5-10 minutes for everything to settle before pumping. This is mostly older stations that have had years of condensation, and only in humid climates.
@@John-jd7mm absolutely true. Avoid that station. Find another one
there are filters on the pump. don't worry about it
@@bobpx not worth the risk. Who know the micron of the filters, if any???
Omg Thank you. I never thought of that. Makes perfect sense
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Your thumbnail showed 88 octane however you never mentioned it, you mentioned E85 only.
What's your point? The gas grade is not really material to the story.
@@WALTERBROADDUS My point is, he showed the 88 and did not say anything about it and I use it. it is generally 30 cents cheaper a gallon.
@@thotenvin6595use whatever your cars drivers manual tells you to use. 88 is fine for most cars. Here they have 87, 89 or 92. I use 87 since that's what Nissan says to use. Never had a problem just using what the manufacturer says to use. I run the old school unleaded in my bikes though.
That’s what Scotty does to get more clicks. “Hey! If you buy this gas, you’re stupid.” Entire video is about EV’s… 🤦♂️
Ya that's why I clicked vid..
About lead, people knew back then, that's why the gasoline conferences were made, the inventor was huffing gasoline in public to prove lead is safe, he got wildly sick.
Hard to believe. Just sniffing gas will cause that.
I think huffing gasoline would make you sick, leaded or not. 🤷♂️
@@PalleRunquist-d5cSo r u defending the lowering of American IQ by adding lead to gas and paint.
Not me, I'm built different
@@abitmintierYeah, old school gas smelled great. One of the best things.
In both N. J. and PA the state used to come out completely unannounced 3 - 5 times a month and measure a gallon and test for water, octane and various impurities !!
I believe they still do? That's why they have a little seal on the side.
Used to be 50c cheaper in Joisey vs. NY ,and they pump it for you!
so I'd always stop for fuel at the I-84 ny exit for Port Jervis and fill up there ,but nowadays they're about the same, maybe 20-30c difference.
3 to 5 times per month?! So like every 6 days? That seems kinda excessive. Is there a reason as to why Jersey is so particular about its gas? I used to deal with a bunch of random businesses over the phone and the ones in Jersey were almost always landfills/dumps that were run by (or at least started by) the mob. They were actually very reasonable to deal with once we both got done yelling
Lead additive was eliminated from gasoline because it instantly destroys catalytic converters if used (and catalytic converters became standard equipment on all US vehicles by law starting in model year 1975).
Another action by our evil government.
They ran both for a long time at the pumps. Trucks that were one-ton rated could still enjoy leaded fuel up into the 1980s. I had one. RVs with big engines also got a pass into the 1980s as well. It was well known from the start that you couldn't run leaded gas in a car/truck with a cat. If you did, you were just stupid.
also 'Racing Gas' at pumps (in the '80s) sometimes contained lead
Yeah and they went from lead to mmt which is just as bad lol.
MMT additive first started with leaded gas (and has continued). For all its effects it does not automatically ruin a catalytic converter (like TEL lead additive did).
In Brazil the ammount of Ethanol in Regular Gasoline is 27% and the government is making a law to now pass for 30%. That Will destroy our fleet.
That’s only to keep the farmers corn crops in business.
E5 now E10 in UK...Destroys vintage motorcycles clogs carbs crystallises ..
ANY time the GOV gets involved, things get screwed up.
It helps get rid of old cars and get people to buy new, but also go broke in the process.
I run Flex Fuel in my 2011 Town and Country whenever I can find it. 265,000 miles and going strong(ish)!
My ‘11 Vic has that option but I only used it at the height of gas prices during Obama administration- and just once. The mileage is less (the mpg) so it defeats the purpose. If anything, I wonder if it’s not bad for the engine- even if it’s manufactured to handle it, . I just assume not use it.
@@AndrewVOdom
I do know you really wanna have the most of one fuel or the other because when it changes the tune it expects it to be one of the other.
Definitely not wise switching fuels when you've still got 1/4-1/3 a tank left.
@@tonyfair487 I use E-85 in my Fords
No such thing as Flex Fuel! The term refers to engines engineered to run on several different fuels!
Top Tier is better! I can get several mpg higher than non-top tier gasolines!
Ethanol ruined gas quality is so suspect now, I only put Exxon Premium or Shell Nitro in any 2003 Honda Accord four cylinder. Over 2000.000 miles on it, it runs quiet, powerful and economical. I'll pay more for a gas that does not gum up my motor. I wish the government would stop putting corn liquor in the gas.
Still has ethanol lol
You realize that fuel is still a 10% ethanol file. A fact of life is that ethanol is cleaner and keeps injector / carb parts cleaner. However, if you leave ethanol fuels sitting a longer time, the corrosive ethanol evaporates, corrodes some internal aluminum and cheap brass parts, but leaves a varnish as the gasoline evaporates. Ethanol by is self has more octane, so it’s actually an octane booster. Top-Tier fuel like Costco sells is a premium fuel and contains Techron. The big problem with ethanol is when it sits unused in a motor / fuel tank ethanol ( all alcohols ) are hydrophilic and bind with moisture in the air. In a closed fuel system this really isn’t a problem.
@@peppersmoothie so what does a guy do that has multiple classic cars the dont get driven alot.
@@peppersmoothie
I let a car sit too long with _up to 10%_ ethanol fuel from Chevron, which contains Techron. It destroyed parts of the fuel system, which was very costly to replace. I now only use ethanol-free and I get slightly better fuel economy and the engine runs smoother. I’d only use gas containing ethanol on cars with fuel systems designed for it.
@@sarcastic1100 buy some avaition fuel. Has long shelf life
We started to get rid of leaded gasoline in 1975, not for health, but to not foul the catalytic converters!
True, I remember for a number of years, the gas stations had leaded and unleaded gas pumps.
Correct. Trace lead destroys catalytic converters.
@@greentriumph1643 after they put it in and had to raise prices, then they raised prices to not put it in…also if you think lead fumes are safe I don’t know what to tell you.
@@joshkrause2977 No ... lead is not safe.
You can thank the wackos in california for that one Demon, they're California mission standards that are required all around the United State of caliporn.Yeah, they really don't know much there.Except for how to mess things up
Back before self-service you had to watch out for gas jockies 'hanging the pump'. This would happen when the customer before you only wanted a dollar or two of gas. The attendant would not reset the pump to zero, and hang the pump so that when he put it in your car, it would start at $1 or $2. If you weren't observant or did not know how much gas you tank held, you would pay the extra money which the attendant would pocket.
He still had to cover for gallons sold. Pocketing would show his register short.
@@michaelkatz7862 rumann above is correct if he did not reset the pump for next vehicle. He would collect again on the first cars purchase without dispensing that additional amount of gas. If he pocketed the difference the $ and the gallons would agree at closing.
yes that was before digital, when pumps had the mechanical rotating numbers. Reset to zero was a separate knob. exactly as described.
Yeah i remember we used to have to zero out the pump meter ourselves. Than they came up with this attendant that has a little tool to do it,so you couldn't anymore. Yes,I remember when we never pumped our own gas,there was always a guy that would come out and do it for you.
Didn't know about the test kit, thank-you Scotty.
Man, my Toyota Sienna used to run great. One day to save a little on gas, I decided to buy regular gas instead of premium. Shortly thereafter my check engine light went on with codes po 420 and 430. I had no idea regular gas would do so much damage.
What Sienna do you drive?? My wife always uses regular gas and that car has 200 k miles year 2012 i never even seen any lights go on on that car
That's great. My Toyota is a 2006. Even so it had about 115,000 miles when I bought it. I always used premium like I said. I can't believe yours responded differently. Good for you.
Ethanol is corrosive stuff. Have seen carb damage in lawn and garden equipment from when people dont empty the gas out or use some stabil or similar when storing them for the winter.
There’s a station a mile from my house that advertises ethanol free gas. It’s more expensive but that’s probably better, especially if you have a car that sits during the Winter.
If you're stupid, Scotty will tell you.🤣
He just did. 🤣🤣
haha That is the best kind of friend to have!
@@garycalliham6643 Scotty and my kids always make me feel stupid, at times.
The E85 crap has a range of 51% to 85% ethanol and can vary a lot by station and region. The 10% ethanol can also vary a lot - I've had 15-30% before. You can make your own tester if you don't want to buy one. Just search how to make one.
@@Kokomo365 I use e-85 all the time
I bought the E85 pump assembly for our 2002 Chrysler, even though not a Flex-fuel model, since less expensive than the regular one and figured it had better plastics to survive ethanol. Fit fine and no problems in 5 years since. Only downside might be that the pump has higher volume since E85 needs a higher flowrate. Congress is pondering allowing up to 20% ethanol (E20), since the EPA claims it won't hurt normal cars.
Not in a short period of time.
OK sooooo... what are you going to do about the 17%?? Drain the tank too? How do you avoid being in that situation?
The only thing you can do is run non ethanol old school unleaded though it costs more. You can also get gas from a reputable station in your town. I guess you're gonna have to get one of those testers.
If you own a car made after 1996 that 17% ethanol is not going to do anything negative. It's only when you get above 30% is when it causes issues. Stop listening to Scotty he doesn't know everything like he thinks he does.
An EV is not green unless you have one painted green.
Right !!!
Excellent comment
Nah, after 14 years of use it becomes greener even if it's powered by electricity from fossil fuel sources (and sooner if the energy is from other sources).
@@timothydraper3687 lol
@@timothydraper3687 That's just foolish.
Amazed at how this man speaks english and italian at the same time
How you said ...." The difference ...is what they adding in gas ....
This is the biggest problem
I can tell when I make a long trip of 750 miles and put gas from different gas stations , what are closest to highways , .... there are huge difference .....
On same octane gas
With all respect for TRUTH and KNOWLEDGE
Gas/oil is not from dinosaurs either.
Dinosaurus came from mosquito + frog dna
Oil is fossilised krill imagine how many krill lived and died in the oceans to supply us with such vast amounts that we have.
Unless you buy Sinclair gasoline.
😅
@@dazzlewoodonly tar sand oil is from living things, deep crude is produced from the heat of the core. You only find deep crude near fault lines. Tar sand oil is only found where bodies of water were. There is hydrocarbons in space…
@@joshkrause2977 science rules
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Very informative Scotty. Thanks
Scotty have a question. Here out west at elevation. Low grade is 85 octane. Most if not all efi requires 87 min. Will this harm the engines?
no not at altitude because the engine produces less power . requires less octane .
Driving for over 50 years and have never had any issue with any gasoline types. I currently buy the lowest octane (regular) in my Lexus that specifies "premium gas only" No issues. Runs like a top. I do know that ethanol has indeed ruined good mileage.
How about paying and selecting for high grade like 94….. and it shares the same nozzle. You are paying high price for how much in the line until you get the grade that you selected!
Never thought of that. I think when I get premium for my Mustang I'll take a gas can and put about 1/2 gallon in it to clear the nozzle and line and I'll have 1/2 gallon for for lawn mower
@@fastguned, then the next person gets about 1/2 gallon of premium for a lower price. I bet most people don’t think of this…at a gas station.
@@jasonmorecroft7764 Right - I bet almost NO-ONE thinks of that. I am in my 70's and never thought of that until today when I read your post. I wonder how much is left in the nozzle and hose ?
Oh yeah, I once pumped two gallons of water and eight gallons of gas into my car. The station's tanks were leaking. Probably not a problem in most of Texas but it happens here in the NW. It was an old Honda but it was my only car. Ruined the motor. Nothing happened to the station even after I reported it.
the new lead additive, which was intended to be used in gasoline, was already considered toxic and harmful to health even before it was added to the fuel,
They probably only used lead cause mercury is too toxic.
Autos produced after 2001 can run on up to E-15. I have tested it in 3 autos and have had zero issues. Pay a lot less too. It's not available in all areas through.
How many people are buying the E85 ethanol gasoline in some attempt to save money? They soon find out
most vehicles are not made to operate on mostly ethanol. I bet these are people trying to save lots of money
by filling their cars with E85.
Scotty, thank you for all you do for us home maintenance folks. Without your help many of us would be victims of crooked,
greedy, or incompetent car repair people.
The best is: advising us to buy a very good OBD 2 code and operating reader for our vehicles.
E85 more power though
@@wendyphillips5002 no problems in Fords
I get horrible gas mileage with gas from King Soopers (Kroger). But Sam's club and Murphy gas seems to do just fine (Sam's uses murphy oil). My boss loves the prices at king soopers, but who knows what's in the gas he's running his vehicle on. Is there a way to test how much percentage of gasoline there is? That way i can see how much additives there are in their gas.
No-lead law was passed way before 1990.
I bought a new chevrolet in 1975. That was the first car that was labeled unleaded fuel only... I'm not sure when they stopped selling it completely.....You could still buy leaded fuel for years as racing fuel and you may still get leaded gas at airports designed for piston engine powered airplanes
@@michaellankford8358 Correct. 1975 was the first model year that cars in the U.S. were required to use unleaded fuel. The law/regulation to phase out lead in vehicles (on highway) was passed before that. So, way before 1990.
You could still buy leaded gas until 1990, for older cars.
@@Thagomizer-U235 i was still buying it for my old harley in 95. after that i had to buy small containers of lead additive. EDIT: might have varied by state. michigan here.
1978 I think.
MTBE also did some interesting things to the vehicle. SAAB had to replace fuel pumps on many of their vehicles because the higher levels of MTBE in fuels sold in some parts of the country dissolved the adhesive in the fuel filters, causing particles of the adhesive to clog and damage the pumps. There was no recall though. It was fixed on a "courtesy" basis.
As if we don’t have enough to worry about now even gas pumps can’t be trusted.
only use non- ethanol in small engines and boat motors. The ethanol eats up nylon parts too.
Scotty, I enjoy your macro view of any situation. I had a good chuckle when you referred to the Romans, or the Lay chips as a matter of fact.
He's a riot, for sure, or the laughing donkey!
I don't know what to tell you, but, I've got a 2006 Dodge Charger SE 3.5L HO, and, i use nothing but 89 octane. Have 190,000 miles, doesnt burn a drop of oil! 🤷
After testing the gas, what do you do with the fuel/water mixture? 😊
Has all those containers in the back ready 8:21
Hi Scotty, My husband passed and I have his 1999 Ford F350, Sport, 8 cylinder & I have no idea what gas to put in it. I know it does not take diesel. Thanks
Want to sell it?
Scotty, this term gets thrown around a lot but you truly are a national treasure
Most newer cars are OK with E15. However, the gas industry disagrees with the car makers regarding what years are OK.
Hey Scotty, last week I went to a station a mile from my house, that I never use. It's in a bad neighborhood. Anyway, they had an auto-shutoff scam going on. If I hadn''t caught it, they would have stung me for about 1% of what I paid for. So I did not get cheated.
How would one know if this was happening?
You said ethanol absorbs lots of water so is that why its at the bottom? If so that's not all ethanol right? Please advise. Thanks Scotty!
I always pay cash for my gas anyway so I don't have to worry about the credit card debit card situation.
there wont be cash soon
Thank you for the reminder I'm going back to cash until everything goes back to plastic Besides places are charging percentages for using the damn things
@@belindaspechtenhauser6621 when it happens they will be controlling when where if how much what u eet and bunging tax on top for Cchange...everyone should only use cassshhhh where possible
You the man Bryan!
You can tune almost anything to run E85, but you need to change all the rubber parts in the fuel system. Fuel pumps also need to not have copper commutators. It's mostly too much expense unless you're racing.
I always have to google things after I watch Scotty's video. 🤣
My 91Ford F150 300 runs off anything ive put everything from E85, diesel fuel, oil, 2 stroke oil, marvin mystery oil, even trans fluid in my tank. Not more than a couple quarts up to a couple gallons at a time and it burns it all.
The best thing about your videos that never grows old is the picture of the laughing donkey as you laugh, love it
Top Tier is a protocol that requires testing of the fuel additives to determine whether they will cause an engine to fail over a long period of time.
But Scotty my car is designed to burn up to 15%. 7:35. Also being a turbo it seems to run better on 88 octane E15 than on 87 octane E10… certainly when it’s warm out.
the higher the octane will help with the boost and timing the reason it help control spark knock and a the slower burn of the fuel will produce more over all power
@@trucker10201 Can you explain the benefits of higher ethanol a little better?
@@tacitus7 basically the higher the octane the better the fuel is. there is a video that I can not find right now. That explains the r+m/2 octane rating. The lower octane fuel explodes and causes detention or a spark knock. The higher octane fuels burns clean and supplies more power
I put either 87 octane regular gas or 88 octane E15 gas (usually can only find it at one of the 2 Sheetz in my town) in my 2021 Ram 1500 Crew Cab Laramie 4x4 (V-8 Hemi). I have 60k miles on the odo; no problems…I get 18-19 mpg avg; 16-18 city driving and 19-21 highway.
I bought one gallon for a one gallon gas can.i only got 90 percent to the one gallon mark after the pump shut off.
U have to tell the attenedent they have to calibrate it
@@StraightWhitearrow Why can’t it be calibrated to give to much instead of to little lol
Some interesting tidbits about MTBE, the company I work for back during that craze install some sampling systems for it in the refineries locally here in Corpus Christi Texas. The problem we were having was the MTBE was eating the O-rings up literally dissolving them into nothing. We ended up with something called Kalrez O-rings, they’re the size of the end of your pencil eraser and they were over $100 apiece they were the only ones that would put up with it that stuff is highly corrosive.
"Lady's and Gentlemen" #1 Professor Mechanic Scotty Kilmer at your service
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About once a month, I run an additive called Sea Foam through the tank. So far, so good. My truck has 281,000 miles on it.
Scotty just get to the point
He never does and plus he's annoying.
Then don't watch him einstein
Yeah my ears all beat up. But good lesson
😂
I’m retired from the NFTBSL🤙. I’m fairly certain they use ethanol as a cheap octane booster. Other additives they use for stability and lubricity.
I use E15 in my Ford Escape called unleaded 88.
Hopefully your escape is flex fuel capable. Read your manual , most cars are not able to use e15. If not, then you really should only use e10 at most
@@tomjahn6896 E15 isn't flex fuel. You are thinking of E85. E15 is safe for ALL vehicles build after 2001.
@@cwsosby7145 Not according my owners manual. It tells you its not to use e15. Its a 2019 ram
@@okoko47 I am not sure why the owners manual would say that other than for fuel consumption reasons maybe. I've used it religiously in all of my vehicles over the years without issue.
@@cwsosby7145 if the car isn't made to run e15 it will corrode the rubber lines and fuel system components. Nothing to do with mileage.
If you have a lawn mower or other small engine, do an internet search for ethanol free gas. Some stations carry it.
Identical lawn mowers and small engines to ours in Brazil use their common gasoline which contains 27.5% ethanol.
It has worked out so well and for so long that Paraguay went to E27.
One other thing, checked the gas station itself if the guy looks kind of run down and like his gas station don't buy the gas because I did once in my diesel and I found out that the fuel messed up my pickup and all my lines lean to the engine and the engine ran terrible just like that gas station appeared so beware
So our parent's accidentally gave us Led poisoning by smelling the gas on every fill up in the 70s & 80s ..
Here comes another class action lawsuit 😂🎉
Love the advice!
Dont remember leaded in the 80s.
You were "led" where?
Fun fact: "Invigorate" in BP gas is the same ingredient found in generic Cialis!
The best fuel so far is shell, always had better gas mileage when I filled from shell and no issues
All I put in my 2016 Audi A3 is Sheetz unleaded 88 E15 it's always 10-20 cents cheaper than 87 and I always get an additional 8 cents off with the combination of my loyalty card and some rewards points. I haven't had any problems with it for my car. Owners manual says it okay too.
Truly amazing how much this guy can talk without actually saying anything useful.
Facts. Yet the mindless sycophants will worship his every word. Seldom does he actually provide consequential advice
Back in the day we used transmission fluid very little to each tank I still do today no problems yet 60 years of service
My son always puts a slug of Mystery Oil in both gas fill up and oil change
Wow, so much information! And advice on how to catch crooked gas stations out to rip us off. Thank you!
Fuel or E Gas has two components, Ron and Mon and the Ethanol is also added to the fuel before it is loaded onto delivery tanker. And yes Ethanol brings up the octane rating.
lol yes I don’t think they are going to throw in some free additives. The price for Techron is the same as the cheap station across the street.
It is true that base gasses are virtually the same but whatever additives they are putting in V Power gas gives me considerably more power and gas mileage. It is the only gas I'll put in my bike. Runs much better for sure...
This probably might be the most useful video on this channel to most of us
Dude, now I'm scared bc I put 88 in my 24 yr old Subaru.
@@ShirlBussman 🤞🤞
I have noticed that big places like Racetrac and Quicktrip truckstops are doing something to their diesel. When it is hot or cold, the fuel seems to evaporate. I am a fuel tanker driver, and they have mixed these products so well with their blend and biodiesel -- that it's like a chemical reaction. However, when I go to a regular Exxon, Chevron, or Amaaco - the diesel lasts much longer and stays in the tank without evaporating. Also, do you think the new administration will eliminate DEF in diesel trucks? Oh yeah, do you like the new CAT pickup truck...
Whats the Best premium gas ⛽️
Chevron,ExxonMobil, Shell
The Best question so far.I wish I knew. But I do know the worst one.sorry I can't remember the name of It. Since I just learned that they buy the cheapest gas on the market. I believe it starts with ON
Shell for Japanese cars
Shell
Shell. Costco is second best.
@@lostalx not true.76 IS 2nd best. My Dad was a tanker driver for 25 years
I remember when my family sold gas for 17 cents a gallon at the convenience store.😢
ethanol draws moisture ...
Like a sponge.
When I worked in a gas station the when the price changed we had to manually change each pump. The pumps meter had sort of a transmission, you manually changed the gear ratio to the display that showed how much gas you were getting.
All octane does, is raise temperature in which fuel burns. this keeps the fuel from igniting too early thus no knocking or pinging which murders rings and pistons.
AND???
How do we stop INNOVATION AND CAPITALISM??? That seems to be what everyone’s afraid of.
Pls i have a 2012 acura rdx. And i use Mid grade most times. Pls Mr Scotty, which gas should stick to.?
I shared one of your posts and got dinged on FB
Facebook is evil.
Wtf
They want to shut scotty down
Yeah "fact checkers" on there are really just "agenda police". There is no real fact checking.
I drive a 2014 Hyundia Genesis 2.0t I always put premium gas instead of regular gas, because of the turbo and so the car can run smoother. Am I wasting my money? Thanks in advance.
Neat thing. Just like Scotty showed you, if you wish to remove all Ethanol from your gas for 2-Cycle mixed fuel engines like weed-whackers or mowers and such that use oil mix fuel and not pay an insane $28 or more a half gallon for non-Ethanol 1-50 mix fuel at the garden center. Take a clear container of 2-gallons put in 1-gallon of gas and 1-cup of water and shake. The water will absorb the Ethanol and separate out. The clean fuel floats, either pour off the fuel or like me I have a container with a screw-valve in the bottom looks like a water separate in a diesel system. open the valve and drain off the water until fuel starts to come out.
I dunno where your buying ethanol free gas at, but the local Wawa has it for about $6 a gallon. It's almost twice as expensive, sure, but nowhere NEAR $56 a gallon.
@@DarkForce2024 It's 1-50 fuel/oil pre-mix like VP and TruFuel found in garden center and hardware store and the like. Go there sand be amazed with the silliness. Great you have a Wawa, but you can still get it for less by just separating your own. ^~^
2 stroke- Stabil- fuel conditioner for ethanol fuel. Vinyl hoses and carb primer bulb will not become brittle with that additive.
@@fromthebackofmymind So true, but still costs more than a cup of water. ^~^
Here in Tennessee I pay for no ethanol $3.46 a gallon at Kcircle
All deliveries of gasoline after October 1st. are winter blend (the good stuff) Get what ever grade you want for your vehicle.
You must be in crap California
Too much yada yada instead of cutting directly to the point of why not use whatever particular grade of gasoline it just goes on and on and on blah blah blah instead of getting to the point you can always be us about and tell your own stories after you're done but come on for your viewing audience get to the point right away and then ramble on later
I always suspected they pumps were not accurate. I buy non ethanol gas every few gas fills. I hope this is ok. Same stuff i put in my lawnmower. Seems to run better