From: thekmanrocks@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, September 12, 2022 at 6:41:05 PM UTC-4, Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   > Chris K-Man (Zickcermacity)  wrote:   
   > >I've heard that it's better in the long run, for lawn and snow equipment,   
   to splurge on a 1-2gallon tank of 89 or 93 octane gas, because I was told it   
   had a lower amount of ethanol or mtbe in it - additives that can damage mowers   
   and snow throwers.   
   > >   
   > >Any validity to this claim?   
   > MTBE and ethanol are added to gasoline to increase octane.   
   > --scott   
   > --   
   > "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres   
   __________   
      
   About two seasons  ago, my local small engine repair place  told  me  to   
   buy  higher octane  gas  because  it  contained  less of  those  additives,   
   which  he  said  harms the engines  in  lawnmowers  and  snow  blowers.   
      
   If  I  wanted  to increase  octane,  I would  simply  buy  93  all the time!   
      
   duhhh..   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)