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DIY removing ethanol from gasoline
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 7:49 pm
by kevm14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onCG7mIprfE
Simple. And not really necessary IMO. Especially since you have to add octane back to the fuel. Maybe E0 with Stabil would last like....5 years in a sealed storage container? I dunno.
Re: DIY removing ethanol from gasoline
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 7:50 pm
by kevm14
Adding octane booster is useless. It only boosts the octane rating by a few tenths of a point. Buy premium gas instead. Removing the ethanol will drop the octane by 3 points. If you use regular, the resulting gasoline will only be 84 octane. With premium you will get anywhere from 88 to 90 octane.
Re: DIY removing ethanol from gasoline
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 7:51 pm
by kevm14
Toluene, xylene, isopropyl, methanol, they'll all boost the octane. You can probably find high quality toluene for cheap at the hardware store.
Re: DIY removing ethanol from gasoline
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 7:56 pm
by kevm14
The pour-off is actually a nasty binary azeotrope... Not good stuff.
Sounds delicious.
Re: DIY removing ethanol from gasoline
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 7:58 pm
by kevm14
https://www.pure-gas.org/
https://www.pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=RI
Cool. Razee sells it. Which makes sense for temperamental carbureted motorcycles. Still never had a problem with it in any of my engines, including small engines.