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Old 09-18-2016, 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Cabralkev
I'm gonna test the mixture today. Hopefully it's not too smokey. If it is, I'll add a bit more gas. As for ethanol, I'm not sure if the gas I chose has it. I went to esso. Then I chose the 91 octane. If it does have ethanol, hopefully the first few tanks of fuel is okay. How can I tell if the gas I chose has ethanol in it?
Ignore the smoke. Don't add extra gas!! Just run the engine on your mix.

Call the gas station you got the gas at. The ethanol won't hurt anything short term, only if stored a long time. Regardless of ethanol or not, it's been my experience that even non ethanol gas can varnish up a carburetor in 3 months. The gasoline sold today is complete rubbish when compared to gasoline sold 20 years ago.