The Ford Barn

JSeery · 08-08-2015, 09:00 PM

Now that is funny! Do you run ethanol or non-ethanol gas? Can you get non-ethanol gas in Utah? I notice whenever we are in Colorado they have this stupid (IMHO) 85 octane gas and was just in New Mexico and they have it also!

Old Henry · 08-08-2015, 09:07 PM

Ethanol. There is only one station in the county that sells non-ethanol but it's 88 octane. I don't need octane that high. I run 85. And I don't worry about vapor lock any more since I installed the electric pump. So ethanol vs. non-ethanol is a moot point for me.

JSeery · 08-08-2015, 09:10 PM

Yep, just curious. So you do have the 85 octane, the lowest we have ever had locally is 87.

Old Henry · 08-08-2015, 09:13 PM

Yes. At higher elevations the need for higher octane is less so the lower octanes are sold that aren't sold at lower elevations and not the higher ones that are sold at low elevations. That means money saving for us at higher elevations because the lower octanes are cheaper. So, a car that the manufacturer says to run 89 octane can safely be run on 87 at our elevation saving money on gas. http://www.aaa.com/aaa/006/EnCompass...r_AutoTalk.htm

richard crow · 08-09-2015, 07:30 AM

henry it,s the last calf that kills the cow

08-08-2015, 09:00 PM	#41
JSeery Member Emeritus Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Wichita KS Posts: 16,132	Re: The last and the first Now that is funny! Do you run ethanol or non-ethanol gas? Can you get non-ethanol gas in Utah? I notice whenever we are in Colorado they have this stupid (IMHO) 85 octane gas and was just in New Mexico and they have it also!

08-08-2015, 09:07 PM	#42
Old Henry Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Orem, Utah Posts: 5,762	Re: The last and the first Ethanol. There is only one station in the county that sells non-ethanol but it's 88 octane. I don't need octane that high. I run 85. And I don't worry about vapor lock any more since I installed the electric pump. So ethanol vs. non-ethanol is a moot point for me. __________________ Prof. Henry (The Roaming Gnome) "It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” *Ursula K. Le Guin in The Left Hand of Darkness

08-08-2015, 09:10 PM	#43
JSeery Member Emeritus Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Wichita KS Posts: 16,132	Re: The last and the first Yep, just curious. So you do have the 85 octane, the lowest we have ever had locally is 87.

08-08-2015, 09:13 PM	#44
Old Henry Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Orem, Utah Posts: 5,762	Re: The last and the first Yes. At higher elevations the need for higher octane is less so the lower octanes are sold that aren't sold at lower elevations and not the higher ones that are sold at low elevations. That means money saving for us at higher elevations because the lower octanes are cheaper. So, a car that the manufacturer says to run 89 octane can safely be run on 87 at our elevation saving money on gas. http://www.aaa.com/aaa/006/EnCompass...r_AutoTalk.htm __________________ Prof. Henry (The Roaming Gnome) "It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” Ursula K. Le Guin in The Left Hand of Darkness Last edited by Old Henry; 08-08-2015 at 09:21 PM.*

08-09-2015, 07:30 AM	#45
richard crow Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,767	Re: The last and the first henry it,s the last calf that kills the cow