Projects Big daddy's 1960 El Camino

I assume to lessen the risk of a static spark? I was told (many years ago, take it for what it is) that gas pump hoses are internally grounded, so when the nozzle is in the filler neck no spark can occur.
Is this a practice with Aviation fuel though? Asking because I have no idea.

 

Where I buy AV fuel at there is a ground clamp. But I put it in plastic jugs and the nozzle is so big it would not even fit in a cars filler neck. You know it is set up so you pull your plane up to the tank , LOL

 

Anything that sits more than it moves around here gets pure gas. The alky laced fuel is fine in the FI on the late model drivers, but on the small engines with carburetors , the old 8N tractor and my Lincoln they all get the good stuff. I’ve used Stabil, Seafoam, and Lucas fuel treatments all to good results. Alky will suck moisture from the air, especially on vented fuel systems, the late model FI systems are all closed so it doesn’t affect them as much. Remember before they started adding the alky when you got some gas with water in it what you did? You put a bottle of gas dry in, which was mostly alcohol! It would absorb the water and let it go through the system.

 

This tells you where to find REAL gas in each state:
https://www.pure-gas.org/

 

Dammit nothing near me

 

Me neither in Starke county Indiana.

 

Winner!!!

 

Yeah I'm shit out of luck too!! I'm just gonna start throwing so stabil in it.

 

Guess it's better than not doing anything huh? Especially when you can't buy ethanol free gasoline here. I've looked at 100 pictures of ethanol damage online, none of them were the jelly that I had.

 

Porter county here.

 

Several places in my area to buy ethanol free. Strange thing is the price. Some are around 30 cents more than alky regular while others are more than a dollar higher.

 

Howdy neighbor!

 

I wasn't able to watch the entire video until now, but I see it. So with that said, what are we supposed to do? If a car has to set, like during the winter, do we drain the tank, and let it run until the carb runs dry? Still don't understand why this is the only car I've had this issue with

 

Do you buy all your gas from the same place ?

 

Usually Murphys or shell, but whatya do when you go on a trip? Gotta get gas when ya need it. I understand if your car sits in the garage, but when you're out on the road ya just gotta get gas where you can when you need it. This is crazy lol

 

That link shows the boat marina at cave run and Winchester, but if I drive to Winchester to get gas, fill it up and drive home, I'll need gas again lol. I just won't let the car sit without running it

 

Cripes man, there must be a couple of hooch mills between you and wherever.

 

When you're on a trip you can run shitty gas cause you will burn it rite up, not putting it in storage!

 

From my house it's about 30 one way. That's 60 at 10mpg lol

 

That's true!

 

Does the 110 octane have ethanol in it?

 

Probably not, but I'd bet it's got plenty of lead and smells good, too!

 

Take a couple of 5 gallon gas cans with you. The ethanol free gas stays good for a long time not like the crap stuff. Also I get better mileage with it although not enough to compensate for the higher cost. But then how much does rebuilding your carb cost?

 

More of a cleaning than anything, bowl gaskets. Probably $15? But what I've figured out here is just don't let it set with that gas in it lol. I have a 28hp 60" zero turn mower that set all winter with the same gas, and it runs perfect this year. Go figure! We'll get through this just like everything else. Looking forward to taking it out tmrw for a few miles. Let it stretch some

 

Lloyd , I bet the fuel pump is full also .