Is fuel with an increased level of ethanol a problem for small gas engines?: Consumer Reports Home & Garden Blog
And what is ethanol doing to your big automobile engine? "Employees at the shop regularly rebuilt carburetors gummed up from the so-called "varnish" that builds up from unstabilized gas left sitting in engines. But since ethanol started being added to fuel sold in Florida in 2007, the power-equipment pros were seeing something new: metal parts crusted up, plastic parts stiffened and cracked, and everything rubber, including the tips of needle valves, deteriorated."
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