Ethanol-Free Gasoline

[Deleted User 38384]

If I lived near a Buc-ee's that sold Ethanol-free gas I would use it regularly too. But, The only time I stock up on it, and use it is when I fill up my gas cans, for lawn equipment. They seem more sensitive than the vehicles.

Where you live in Texas again? If I remember right you're like one of those college station guys, but I can't remember honestly.

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[DaltonGang]

I dont know about that station. But, I use the one in Ennis when I go visit relatives in the DFW area.

 

[svtrit]

The numbers have changed over the years, but farmers are still using tractors, combines, etc. to grow and harvest the corn and that uses gas, diesel, and oil. The grain still goes through a dryer before getting stored in bins. Dryers use various fossil fuels. The fertilizer used is made using petroleum products. Transporting the corn to the ethanol plant takes fuel, and then the plant has to process the corn, which also takes a huge amount of energy.

I agree the energy use is less than years ago, but it is still there.

And no energy goes into drilling, sourcing, transporting, and pumping petroleum? What about the wars fought over oil?

 

[Dusty Dude]

And no energy goes into drilling, sourcing, transporting, and pumping petroleum? What about the wars fought over oil?

I’m not sure I understand what you are trying to say… the discussion was that a lot of oil is still used in manufacturing ethanol, and therefore doesn’t lessen our oil use much, if at all. No free lunch.

The wars “fought over oil” are/were political wars on “who has power where” in a region of the world. Ethanol manufacturing/use won’t change that at all.

 

[Timstime]

On a trip, the other day, I saw Ethanol-Free Gasoline being sold at a Buc-ee's rest stop/gas station. I have not seen it sold anywhere in Texas, for many many years. I curse the use of ethanol in small lawn equipment, and have had to repair a lot of things because of it. So, I bought a 5 gallon gas can and filled it up, to take home.
I was wondering if any of you use the ethanol-free gas in your Wrangler, and can tell a difference? The stuff I saw was 90 octane.
I'm thinking of filling up with it, on the way back past that area.

I know this is an old thread, but filled my JL turbo with non-eth 92 today on a whim. I ran on 35's with premium fuel for the last year and got about 25mpg for an average. Upgraded to 37's about 1000 miles ago and mpg dropped to 23-23.5...I can't give long term results yet, but on my 22 mile drive home in rush hour traffic I ended up getting 29.8mpg. I'm sure someone will ask, yes my speedometer is calibrated for tire size. Also to note is my JL does have the Banks ram air intake and Banks huge exhaust, I'm sure that all plays in.

 

[Fatbob Frank]

I run non eth in all my vehicles even though I have to pay a premium for it...
I typically see 2mpgs better mileage ( which is 10% in our Wrangler)

 

[DaltonGang]

If I lived anywhere near an Ethanol-Free station, and the price wasn't too high, I would be putting it in my Jeep too.

 

[NWJeepr]

I ran ethanol-free exclusively in my 2.0 Rubicon. But, that was because it would take a long time to go through a tank of gas. There was a time when I put a few thousand miles on it in a month and filled up with 91/ ethanol blend wherever I was and it burned fine, no difference. I just didn't want even 10% ethanol in my tank when it would sit.

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