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Ethanol-free gasoline more difficult to find

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Bob McLeran
Wed, May 27, 2009 12:41 PM

Had a shock yesterday when I went to a local BP station yesterday to get
five gallons of their ethanol-free gasoline to use in our dinghy during
our upcoming cruise north; most of our local BP stations advertise
ethanol-free gasoline. All the pumps were closed with yellow tape. The
guy behind the counter told me that BP is no longer providing
ethanol-free gasoline, so they're going to have to change out all of
their pumps and fuel tanks. He thought there was a marina at Port
Canaveral that was still stocking ethanol-free gasoline, but that was it
in the local area. I opted to get E-10 gasoline at another station
rather than drive 15 miles to the port, hoping that I'd use it all
before it caused any engine problems.

I also topped off my 20# and 10# aluminum propane tanks while at the BP
station - that station only charges for what your tank actually takes,
not a set-priced fee like many places.

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Bob McLeran and Judy Young                  Manatee Cove Marina
MV Sanderling                              Patrick Air Force Base
DeFever 41 Trawler                          Melbourne, Florida
Blog: http://sanderlingcruise2009.blogspot.com/
Pictures: http://public.fotki.com/rmcleran/

Had a shock yesterday when I went to a local BP station yesterday to get five gallons of their ethanol-free gasoline to use in our dinghy during our upcoming cruise north; most of our local BP stations advertise ethanol-free gasoline. All the pumps were closed with yellow tape. The guy behind the counter told me that BP is no longer providing ethanol-free gasoline, so they're going to have to change out all of their pumps and fuel tanks. He thought there was a marina at Port Canaveral that was still stocking ethanol-free gasoline, but that was it in the local area. I opted to get E-10 gasoline at another station rather than drive 15 miles to the port, hoping that I'd use it all before it caused any engine problems. I also topped off my 20# and 10# aluminum propane tanks while at the BP station - that station only charges for what your tank actually takes, not a set-priced fee like many places. -- <><><><><><><><><><><><>Mozilla Thunderbird<><><><><><><><><><> Bob McLeran and Judy Young Manatee Cove Marina MV Sanderling Patrick Air Force Base DeFever 41 Trawler Melbourne, Florida Blog: http://sanderlingcruise2009.blogspot.com/ Pictures: http://public.fotki.com/rmcleran/