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Gottogo49 05-23-2010 05:51 PM

Regular Gasoline
 
Does anyone know where to find regular gasoline without ethanol in Lake Charles? Thanks.

meaux fishing 05-23-2010 07:44 PM

i think cormie's is ethanol free... you big lake people gonna chime in?

adamsfence 05-23-2010 08:03 PM

I dont know i just run it all mine aint quit yet

jchief 05-23-2010 08:40 PM

With Citgo adding it to theirs and most of the dealers buying from them, it will be hard to find it. Don't know if Conoco has it in thier blends yet.

Hackberry Hustler 05-23-2010 10:15 PM

Just buy you some Startron ethanol treatment. It is made by starbrite marine products. It was recommended to me by the guys at lake area marine after havin trouble with my carbs. Its good stuff no more troubles!!!!! Check it out.

http://mystarbrite.com/startron/

fishmaster911 05-23-2010 10:26 PM

try this !
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-4...e-gas-stations

Gerald 05-23-2010 11:12 PM

My wife told me that the Walmart on Hwy 171 now has a sign there that says that the gasoline has 10 % ethanol.

I don't know of any that are ethanol free.

Ray 05-24-2010 08:04 AM

If it is E-10, they are required to put it on the pumps.
Not all has ethanol in it, it depends on the distributer.
Gas is refined from one of 3 refineries in Lake Charles, but the seller(Shell, BP, Exxon...ect) adds their own additives(V-power, Techron... ect).
I am not sure if the refinery adds MTBE or Ethanol to everything, hopefully it depends on the service station/distributer, but they have to have one or the other to burn cleaner.
I saw in the news that Citgo is adding E-10 to all gas they are selling.

http://www.fuel-testers.com/ethanol_...boat_fuel.html

Gottogo49 05-24-2010 05:52 PM

Thanks Hackberry Hustler, I use Stay-bil, guess I use Startron too.
The Shell on McNeese and Common doesn't have the 10% sign on their pumps yet.

jchief 05-24-2010 07:28 PM

Citgo
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Ray (Post 155862)
If it is E-10, they are required to put it on the pumps.
Not all has ethanol in it, it depends on the distributer.
Gas is refined from one of 3 refineries in Lake Charles, but the seller(Shell, BP, Exxon...ect) adds their own additives(V-power, Techron... ect).
I am not sure if the refinery adds MTBE or Ethanol to everything, hopefully it depends on the service station/distributer, but they have to have one or the other to burn cleaner.
I saw in the news that Citgo is adding E-10 to all gas they are selling.

http://www.fuel-testers.com/ethanol_...boat_fuel.html

Ray, I was told very recently that Citgo was now adding ethanol. Now that this has come up, I will see if I can verify for sure.

catch.and.fillet 05-24-2010 08:16 PM

Don't buy Citgo...unless you support Venezuela's government and its dictator.

Bluechip 05-24-2010 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by catch.and.fillet (Post 156280)
Don't buy Citgo...unless you support Venezuela's government and its dictator.

And this will do nothing but help put a few thousand people out of work in the Lake Charles area....:shaking:

Ray 05-25-2010 07:16 AM

Citgo prolly refines 75% of the gas in Lake Charles area.
You will have to not buy from many other branded stations to not support them.
You never know where a station gets it gas from.
There is only Citgo, Conoco and the small Lake Charles Refining that produces gas around here.

specktator 05-25-2010 08:09 AM

Conoco is only refinery besides Placid in Port Allen that still has conventional gas. Just b/c the pump doesn't have a sign on it, they still might be selling ethanol blended.

Dink 05-25-2010 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by specktator (Post 156447)
Conoco is only refinery besides Placid in Port Allen that still has conventional gas. Just b/c the pump doesn't have a sign on it, they still might be selling ethanol blended.

Chevron by your house has no stickers, I asked manager and he said they do have ethenol.......perfect example.....

specktator 05-25-2010 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dink (Post 156486)
Chevron by your house has no stickers, I asked manager and he said they do have ethenol.......perfect example.....

Exactly! Majority of your branded stations will be ethanol blended. It's the unbranded fuel that isn't ethanol blended.

lavocat 05-28-2010 07:29 AM

OK so if I just put the stabil marine formula in my tank, should I run that tank out before adding startron or can I add it now?

Ray 05-28-2010 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lavocat (Post 157798)
OK so if I just put the stabil marine formula in my tank, should I run that tank out before adding startron or can I add it now?

You can add it now. But Stabil is good for E-10 also.

I would be careful of Startron. Just my opinion.

If you read their literature, they look like snake oil salesmen to me.
They claim 15% better fuel economy. They also claimed that their product can blend the ethanol back into the gas after phase separation takes place. Impossible. They had a lot of unbelievable stuff on their website and bottle.

Sea-Trac Offshore 05-30-2010 09:51 AM

Stick with the Stabil and you will be ok.

southern151 05-30-2010 07:15 PM

Racetrack stations, if they are around, sell Marathon fuel. At last check, Marathon doesn't blend ethanol. Hope this helps.


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