If anybody's in the middle of Iowa, I saw a pump that looked like the 87 octane gas was ethanol free. The 89 and 93 were both labeled 10% ethanol, and the 87 wasn't. You've gotta pay for it though. The "Regular" unleaded was 10 cents per gallon more expensive than the 89 octane "Premium" unleaded. If anybody cares it was about 45 miles north of Waterloo on 218. Only place I've seen it, and it was the middle of nowhere. Literally, the gas station was the only thing at the exit.

Has anyone else seen ethanol free gas anywhere? Just curious.

 

I'm in southeast Nebraska, and the 89 octane is 10% ethanol. The 87 and 91 octane are ethanol free. It's like that at darn near every station around here.

I've been running 10% ethanol in my cars, trucks, lawnmowers, string trimmers (mixed with oil), chainsaws (mixed with oil) for the last 15+ years with no problems whatsoever. I'm just sayin'....

 

Nice. I'm pretty sure everything around here in St. Louis is 10%, and that was the only pump I saw without a 10% sticker on it in both Iowa and Minnesota.

 

That is just peachy...might as well not even give you a choice on octane ratings if that's what they are gonna do...(i'm saying that sarcastically).

 

You know what's funny about that? One station I stopped at didn't even have the 89 octane choice. There were two labeled 87 and one labeled 93.

 

You can try some of the smaller to medium sized airports in your area. They can't use ethanol in airplanes and there are plenty of airplanes that run on auto gas. But don't expect it to be cheap.

 

A lot of marinas have ethanol free gas as well; there are many old houseboats and cabin cruisers with gas engines that cannot run ethanol, it destroys the rubber fuel lines and gaskets.
My 2004 boat gets much better mpg on ethanol free premium gas than it does on the 87 octane 10% ethanol from the local gas stations. The only problem is gas at a marina is much higher per gallon than on the road, it can run as much as a dollar a gallon more.

Mike

 

Beware just because there is only one ethanol sticker on the pump that doesn't mean only one product has ethanol. It is only reqiures to be onthe pump not designate which product,it can be both. In northern Ia the 87 could have been 85"subgrade" with 10% ethanol. This is what BP sells as 87. I'm guessing that the station Craigoutdoors stopped at was a Caseys which does still offer regular 87 in most areas, and they generally price it higher but not always. Here the 87 regular is 10 cents less than ethanol blend.

 

Just curious how you know this? Not meant to be rude, I just want to know how you know this information is all...

Pat

 

You can buy nonethanol gas all over Iowa and the rest of the midwest at major brand stations. They have regular unleaded 87, ethanol 89, and premium 91... The convenience stores are the ones that have mostly ethanol.

 

This is super bp.4 ounce of gas to 1 ounce of water.The water was below the black line before i poured the fuel in and shook it. In 2 min. the ethanol joined the water at the bottom and raised the level way above the black line.Super 93 oct was worse than 87oct. They must use ethanol to raise the octane rating. This looks really bad for marine use!

 

I've noticed a number of people complaining about ethanol for use in a marine environment. What problems does it cause?

 

The main problem in older boats is it destroys the old style rubber fuel lines and the gaskets in carburetors. Some of the fuel lines are very difficult to replace when the tank is built into the boat.

Mike

 

I'm willing to bet that "ethanol 89" is just regular 87 with 10% ethanol added to it. The ethanol raises the octane.

As for boats that can't stand Ethanol, well, there's more to it than that. The rubber in marine applications has been rated for "alcohol" for a LONG time - like 2 decades or more. The boats that have problems after using Ethanol just have VERY dirty tanks, and the Ethanol starts to loosen the crud. Crud=BAD. Ethanol=LOOSE CRUD. LOOSE CRUD=BAD.

 

There are still a lot of houseboats and cruisers on the water that are more than two decades old; the fuel systems in them are not certified for alcohol use.

Mike