Corn Fuel Issues?

I've not tried it in a saw yet. I've been meaning to sometime. The carbs I have drilled bigger are too big for methanol.

 

If you can get e free gas easily, and very minimal cost increase, even I'm all for that. A saw uses a tiny amount of gas.

The best practice with a saw is to empty the tank, then run the carb dry. Because it's easy. Even e10 will store for a couple months no issues.

All modern saws are designed for using e10. If you've modded a saw, you should understand it's fuel requirements.

 

Motor trend had a long term Silverado with said 5.3. They did tests for mpg, dyno, and acceleration tests on e10 vs e85. Your mpg drop is quite a bit more than they found, but YMMV. Literally.


2014 GMC Sierra Denali 1500 4WD Crew Cab Update 4 - Motor Trend


I'm starting to lean toward buying a f150 with the 5.0, as that is fords flex fuel motor in f150s. There's a station very close to me that sells e85 for 1.59 a gallon, all the time. It doesn't move from that price. Meanwhile, regular e10 is at 2.25 or so a gallon. I'll take a 30% drop in fuel costs for only a 13% drop in mpg any day.

 

Our 2000 Taurus had the 3.0 (2 valve) flex fuel in it. I ran exactly 1 tank of E85 through it. The fuel was only $0.10 less /gall and the fuel mileage dropped 20%....ahhh, nope, not gonna do it. If we had $1.59 E85 then maybe, as long as I didn't have to drive out of my way for it.

 

Had an old Ford with mileage that bad. Just switched to measuring the miles to a quart of oil.