Marked Gas
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CiscoCat
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Im in Lander, but im willing to Travel. Even a card lock would be awesome.
Sea lyin’
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I thought marine gas has always been premium? Marked marine gas here Is $1.29 a litre as opposed to premium at $1.49ltr
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gone fishin
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Where I buy my gas, premium is the only gas that does not have any ethenal in it.
Mid grade and regular may have up to 5% ethenal.
So if your pump for Marked (Marine) gas says it may have ethenal in it, it is not premium.
Oly1
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I think Co-op, at least on the island has switched to premium for marked marine fuel. It is my understanding that they did that because they couldn’t guarantee there was no ethanol in the mid grade marked fuel. At least here, mid island there is only a cent or two between regular gas and marked premium.
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Aces
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where do you live? It's a lot more than that here in Nanaimo
Sea lyin’
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East of Kelowna. Don’t know today’s price but that was 10 days ago when I filled up the boat last.
Capt_Ed
Crew Member
BY the time the smoke clears (tax) here on the North Island the price is between $1.77 and $1.91
brutus
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Just paid 1.97 for premium at chevron, don’t like what the corn in the gas does to small carb, ask @Rain City how much of a pain it is lol
Rain City
Crew Member
Don't worry, 10 minute job to fix it.
Did you get 94 octane? There are lots of ethanol free 91 octanes on land.
My bad, things have deteriorated since I last looked... Esso 91 was pure but doesn't appear so now.
This site gives a rough idea, but no guarantees.
www.pure-gas.org
This site gives a rough idea, but no guarantees.
Pure-gas.org - ethanol-free gasoline in the U.S. and Canada
Pure-gas.org is the definitive web site listing stations that sell pure gasoline in the U.S. and Canada.
brutus
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Yup 94
Sea lyin’
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Ouch! About $7.50 a gallon. There’s going to be an even bigger market for 18’ to 21’ boats coming up. This is an interesting read about the ethanol content In esso fuels. Next tank I’ll fill with mid grade and report bank.
Forgot to paste the link:
Octane Rating -l Gasoline Octane Levels | Esso and Mobil
Different vehicles require a different level of octane in their fuels to run properly. Learn more about octane.
www.esso.ca
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brutus
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It just gum up when it sits, I think it’s fine when you burn it , just don’t let it sit in small engines. If I could run premium in my Honda I would, PRM only sells mid grade, I put 2 cans of sea foam with every 170litre of fuel, seams to do the job. I seen first hand how bad ethanol gums up in carbs, I own 20 plus small engines and do maintenance on all of them, stopped using anything with corn in my small engines 5 years ago and engines last way longer before having to dick around with carb and fuel systems
Aces
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Thanks for the explanation
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