Tru-fuel question.

[Sidecarflip]

Not applicable for me. I don't consume that much so canned fuel works just fine here. My ongoing issue with pump gas here is, non e-gas is hard to obtain here and what is, is very expensive. The closest no e-gas outlet is 30 miles from here and corn squeezed gas tends to suffer from phase separation when stored anyway. I've cleaned more than one gunked up carb in the past and I don't enjoy it.

E-gas is fine for my buggy but not my seldom used chainsaws. My arborist customers use it but they go through a lot of corn gas daily. I don't.

One nice thing about using corn gas in the buggies is, don't have to add 'heet' to prevent fuel line freezing as the alcohol is already in it.

 

[RedneckChainsawRepair]

I've read years back of truefuel being returned to box stores that had been dumped and filled with water with coloring. That could be some folks issues.

I'm going to open a gal of my truefuel ER hidden on a back shelf and dump and put in a saw and see what happens.

I am thinking couple years old by date. I will check.

Prob try it in the echo 501 first.

I busted open a gal of my ER mix today to test and see for myself.

I will say. The 1% bad feedback on turfuel has to be ones that bought cans that was filled with water and coloring etc and returned to box stores or just your typical clueless owners I even see here.

Idle was same, max rpm the same, in the cuts the same. No difference starting and restarting.

I run Efree 89 with VPracing oil 40:1.

The Truefuel is 40:1 from 2022.

Trufuel is 74% alkylate and 40:1 for my choice. I paid like 6 a gallon at Lowes when selling it off.

I seen no difference in starting, idling, max rpm or in the cuts.

 

[SS396driver]

I’m still using the Trufuel I bought when Lowe’s had it on clearance last February. Think with the case discount the manager gave me it was right about $5 for the 110 once can . None that I’ve opened had a safety seal under the cap

 

[Sidecarflip]

What I like about canned fuel is... I can drain the corn gas from my small power equipment (and put it in the buggies) and replace it with canned gas, run the canned gas in them for a few minutes and put them away for winter in the unheated barn and they start right up in the spring with no issues. Been doing that for years now and a 4 stroke could care less if the fuel has oil in it or not.

 

[SS396driver]

Non E fuel here is 4.19 a gallon it 91 octane . I used that in the mowers and log splitter . I also run it exclusively in the old cars and trucks . Newer vehicles get 87 E10

 

[RedneckChainsawRepair]

My 89 Efree still hanging tough at 4.49. Then mixed 40:1 with Vpracing I figure hair over 5 something a gal.

Never a problem and I am always mixing 5gal at a time.

No way could I afford to run can stuff using 5gal all the time.

Plus my boat only get Efree too.

I put a tank in efree from pump in my pressure washer this month to start and run jetter in my main septic line too. Things I need during ER times only get stored with efree.