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Now I am getting confused....about ethanol

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Posted by Bill46 on April 17, 2006 at 10:05:18 from (63.65.68.28):

Ok you west coast guys....give us an answer.....PLEASE!

I bought a new lawn mower a few weeks ago. No big deal...same old Briggs I am used to. However in reading the manual I noticed it said not to use any ethanol based fuel. Well...I was not real concerned. In my part of the world there was none.
I knew a little about E85, not a lot...but some.
When I got my last new car I got one that is dual fuel. I still have family back east on the farm and if E85 becomes avaliable I want to try it.
Well...last weekend I noticed at my local station they have new stickers on the pumps saying the fuel "can" be up to 10% ethanol. Oops...do we have a problem not.
Ok...looked at girl friends car and it said it could run on up to 10% ethanol....but no more.
It went on to explain the benefits and the hazards of ethanol in fuel systems.
My problem is...I have a stack of old gas tractors that use gasoline...and from what I am reading about ethanol...I will mess up the fuel system if I use it. It will eat up metal unless it's stainless or a special alloy.
So far, only the counties close to me and the one I live in sell this stuff. A few miles away I can still get the gas with the old additive for the lawn mower.
My question is...will it hurt my old stuff? Is there an additive I can get so I can use it?
I know E85 will...but what about 10%?
Some of you folks on the west coast have used this for awhile from what I read.
Any help is appreciated.....

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