Best of Worse Choices

[John Lyngdal]

In France one can't purchase ethanol free automobile fuel, leaving 110LL ethanol free aviation fuel or 10% ethanol road fuel for feeding the chainsaws. There are known issues with both, so I'm poising the question as to the best path to take.

 

[computeruser]

10% and don’t let it get too old. If it does, pour it in the car’s gas tank and replace.

 

[EngineNoO9]

Can you not buy the pre mix ethanol free gas in cans? I use standard pump gas here then have several cans of the pre mix stuff tha I use when I know I may not use stuff for awhile afterwards.

 

[Mad Professor]

Do you mean 100LL?

It tunes a little different but stores great I mix a batch w/good oil then put in metal 1-gal/4-L coleman fuel cans. All I have used in 2-strokes if I can't get non-corn fuel.

In a cool place 2 years it is good as fresh. It does have lead, don't wash with it.

E10? Use it within a month. E10 has made me rebuild carbs that were fine for 60 years, until.....

 

[Huskvarna hotellgäst]

I assumed it's 100LL
I'm thinking it's probably illegal to use fuel containing tetraethyllead on the ground in France anyway.

 

[SamT1]

I’d run the AV gas. I’d bet it’s better to breathe the lead than the stress that Ethanol issues would cause on your body.