Originally Posted by Ecuadog (Post 1449133)

My old carburetor is bigger than your old carburetor.

Originally Posted by dewilson58 (Post 1449138)

It's a four barrel, Holley, 600 CFM.

Originally Posted by Ecuadog (Post 1449140)

Double pumper?

Originally Posted by dewilson58 (Post 1449138)

It's a four barrel, Holley, 600 CFM.





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Originally Posted by Mleeja (Post 1447726)

Can one safely use ethanol free gas in a car?

Originally Posted by TheMoyers (Post 1449620)

First, your cart or auto will run on both the ethanol or non-ethanol, as long as you follow the octane recommendations. Higher octane is OK but not lower. Lowerwill cause pre-ignition (ping).

The non-ethanol gasoline is primarily for use in vehicles or small gas engines that are vented. If a tank is vented, and you use ethanol gasoline, the ethanol will absorb oxygen via the vented tank, and form a cloudy substance that will clog your system. If you don't believe me, use it in a chain saw, and leave it in there for a few months, and you will have to spoon it out of the tank.

All autos in the last 30 years have tanks that are not vented, so the ethanol is OK. So modern autos can burn either one. So can golf carts with non-vented tanks. Use ethanol in a tank that is vented, and you are asking for problems. If you do use ethanol in a vented system, runit dry everytime you use it, then put some engineered fuel in it and run it for an additional 5 minutes until it runs dry. Get that at Lowes or Depot. It's expensive, but will save you a lot of grief. I always use it in my generator, after using ethanol gasoline.

Originally Posted by tophcfa (Post 1448841)

Great post. That is why I never use ethanol in our golf carts. Also, every time we drive to our Villages home I fill up 3 5 gallon gas cans with ethanol free gas from the Villages golf cart pump and bring them back north to run in my lawn mower, chainsaw, weed wacker, leaf blower, etc.. We are lucky to be able to get ethanol free gas here, not available in many places.

Originally Posted by Challenger (Post 1448891)

Good info above.

My experience:

Had two golf carts 2010Yamaha and 2011 EZGO
ran both on 87 Octane from Shell with ethanol for 5/6 years . Approx 10,000 mi on each. Not a single problem. Now have a 2016 Yamaha 4 seater(carbureted), 15 months-4250 mi. Same gas- same experience. Not a single problem

Originally Posted by suesiegel (Post 1449878)

Gasoline is explosive. At a certain level any spark in your car will ignite the vapors. The switches in your car are not explosion proof. There is a spark every time you turn something on-radio, gps, dome light.