iwasgandhi
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I recently found non-ethanol gas (90 octane) for sale at the pump at a Citgo gas station in southern Maine (see photos). It's the only place I've ever seen it for sale at the pump. Although at $3.749/gal. it was definitely more expensive than the E-85 gas varieties also for sale at the same location ($3.099/gal. for 87 oct., $3.299/gal. for 89 oct., $3.499/gal. for 93 oct.), it was far less expensive than the roughly $20/gal. non-ethanol gas for sale in metal containers on the shelf at big box home improvement stores (Lowes, Home Depot., etc., in the lawn & garden section). I was pleased to find non-ethanol at the pump, because I've heard from various sources than non-ethanol is better for small engines, due to the fact that the ethanol in more widely available gas (E-85, for example) can ruin small engines over time. Perhaps unrelated, perhaps not, I've had serious problems over the years with "blow-by" (gas getting into the oil reservoir) on my 4-stroke engines, and I suspect E-85 was at least partly to blame. Therefore, paying $3.749/gal. for non-ethanol gas (as of Aug.15, 2021) seems worth it to me, despite it being more expensive than the E-85 varieties. While I realize it would be less expensive to use fuel additives
to treat the ethanol in E-85, I'd rather use non-ethanol gas whenever and wherever possible, so as to better protect my engine. The Citgo station where I found non-ethanol for sale is located at 146 Pleasant Street, Springvale, Maine 04083. It's approx. 20 miles from where I live in Rochester, NH, which isn't conveniently close to me, but I can buy a 5-gallon gas container, fill it up once a month with non-ethanol, store it at my residence, and then travel with a 1-gallon Rotopax fuel pack on my motor-bicycle. Happy motor-pedaling, y'all!
