NY state and auto gas

[Goneflyin]

For folks in the tribe that live in NY(upstate) I found out today that auto fuel will not contain ethanol as a replacement for mtbe.
MTBE was banned in NY as of 01/01 and the news kept talking about price hikes because of the alcohol (price went up without the alcohol anyway), so I tested gas from a couple of stations and no alcohol, which prompted to make a couple of calls, upstate is dropping the mtbe and not adding anything to the gas.
So even if you don't live in NY, I hear most states are banning mtbe and it might be worth checking if it's being replaced in the fuel as a enhancer or not. I was in a panick thinking about a full time diet of 100LL.

Bill

[taylorcraft078]

Bill,
That is great news. I was concerned that I was going to have to feed a diet of 100LL to that engine that was certified on 73 octane. I checked regularly at the local sunoco last summer and there was no alcohol. Another station 5 miles away does have the alcohol warning stickers on the pumps so I stay away from there.

Dave
N36078 '41 BC-12-65
Based at 01G Perry-Warsaw

[NY86]

Re: NY state and auto gas

Originally posted by Goneflyin
upstate is dropping the mtbe and not adding anything to the gas.
Bill

Even better! MBTE didn't do anything good for performance. (Less BTUs per gallon)