Got it off the campfire here...
but started with my mower engines having issue with the crap ethanol we get....
started adding 5% diesel fuel to it and that has eliminated the problems ethanol breaking down causes...
have also been using it in my vehicles....
throw a $1.50 to $2.00 worth of diesel in each tank I pick up...
the diesel fuel retards the flame, so essential ups the octane, but diesel also has additives to combat and absorb water in the fuel... which is a present ethanol gives us..
the 5% diesel seems to absorb any water which ethanol gives ya.... certainly worked in the mower motors, as that was the usual problems...
also to see if there is a fuel issue, over at the college, we usually put an unlit propane torch down the intake... if there is a spark, the engine will run.... that's how we eliminate if it is a fuel problem from the tank to the intake...seems to work pretty darn well....
