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A few stations have started selling “rec” gas in the Louisville are. Non ethanol, 90 octane. About .65 more than regular unleaded. It’s all I use in small engines and the boat when I bring it home. Bad gas issues in the small engines have ceased.
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2ridgebacks wrote: Tue May 22, 2018 10:53 am A few stations have started selling “rec” gas in the Louisville are. Non ethanol, 90 octane. About .65 more than regular unleaded. It’s all I use in small engines and the boat when I bring it home. Bad gas issues in the small engines have ceased.
Where in Louisville if you dont mind me asking? We wont be fueling up the boat but I wouldnt mind running it in my lawn mower.
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I'd be interested in knowing too. There used to be a station in Elizabethtown but I think it closed. I've been lucky to have a station close to my storage spot close to Laurel Lake that has "marine" fuel. Hope every year that it's still available. I use the blue sta-bil year around in everything except everyday drive vehicles. Good info, thanks.

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By the way, Judd, I had a 2001 boat with 6.2 v8 before my Cobalt. I had vapor lock problems until I started using non-ethanol fuel. I think it's cheap insurance

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I buy it at an independent station on the corner. However, I live in So. Indiana, near Hubers Winery. I have noticed it around Louisville though. I just don’t buy it there so I haven’t stored it in the memory bank. It has to be coming from a local terminal, possibly Marathon.
I think it’s common for super unleaded at some stations to be ethanol free.
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There's only one marina on Lake Travis selling non-ethanol fuel, and it is a little bit of a pain to get in and out of. Lakeway Marina. I use the closer and handier Crosswater yacht club. The Manager says the fuel has stabilizer added prior to selling, but I still double-dose it with every fill up. Green Stabil 360.
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I don't run ethanol in the boat or the 88 suburban. I maintain an account at a carld ock station specifically for those two vehicles. For the boat, it's on the way home from the lake. For the burb, it's out of the way. Peace of mind though.
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