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Thanks for testing that! So at least at the stations you visited, if they don't have the new sticker, they are in fact still ethanol free.
Hard to believe that they would allocate pure gas vs ethanol blends on a station by station basis, especially ones so close to one another. But hey, the stations in my area still say ethanol free so I will choose to believe it!
At this time it very likely is on a station by station basis as not all stations have the same number of storage tanks. The one at Bayview and Eglinton is a relatively small station with four pumps in total and only two storage tanks (87 & 91) whereas the one at Yonge and York Mills is a much larger one with 20+ pumps and they have more tanks and thus grades.
I just did a quickie calculation on how much water is likely to be getting into your fuel tank. Assuming the one-way venting works correctly and 60 litres of fuel, about 2ml of water will be pulled into the fuel tank as the tank is sucked dry, per tankful. Normal sloshing will easily re-suspend this water when running. For a car in normal usage, ethanol will then not be a problem. Even a seldom used car will likely be ok as long as the tank is kept full.
One area of concern, however, is carburetors. These are open to atmosphere 24/365.
My solution here will be only use the car when it can be run warm, put it in the garage, disconnect the fuel pump, and run the carb dry. The heat from the engine should evaporate any remaining fuel. Because of the configuration of my car, this is easy to do.
At this time it very likely is on a station by station basis as not all stations have the same number of storage tanks. The one at Bayview and Eglinton is a relatively small station with four pumps in total and only two storage tanks (87 & 91) whereas the one at Yonge and York Mills is a much larger one with 20+ pumps and they have more tanks and thus grades.
Things are a bit quiet on this site, so I just thought I'd post something somewhat relevant to this thread.
I just dropped the tank on my '75 TA which I bought new, driven only three times in snow, has about 90k miles on it and was fed only unleaded fuel. The picture below is what the bottom of the tank looks like when viewed thru the fuel sender opening. As you can see, it's spotless. I also used a mityvac to suck out the held up fuel. No dirt, rust or debris whatsoever. Unreal, for 47 years, which included some storage stints for up to 5 years. The sender looked like new
Did the pump say zero? If so, hose contamination from previous?
In the testing I did, I sampled from a jerry can that I filled after first pumping a few litres into the car
For my tests, I always fill another gas container with about 5+ liters with gas if the hose is "shared". Then I fill another gas container with the test fuel.
Did the pump say zero? If so, hose contamination from previous?
In the testing I did, I sampled from a jerry can that I filled after first pumping a few litres into the car
The pump did say zero ethanol. That was in October when I got gas for my snow blower. The station is around 6 months old however they probably haven't put an updated sticker on the pump
For anyone in burlington. As of tonight, the new station at appleby and dundas says all fuel has ethanol. The station at appleby and mainway still says no ethanol in v-power, however.
11-20-2022 | 02:21 PM
