Monday, April 07, 2008

Lawn mower on ethanol?

The question is - can I run my lawn mower on ethanol?
Well, let's see what happens when grain alcohol is fed to a lawn mower.

1 comments:

Unknown said...

it might not work so nice the next day. the ethanol may swell the gaskets, and the needle and seat and cause it to leak fuel. the honda engine on that mower may also be a bit more toletant than, say, a tecumseh. i do not know about the gaskets in a honda, they may be designed for ethanol, but tecumseh gaskets would likely not stand up. i wonder if that mower started leaking or wouldnt start the next day....

Brian - Small engine tech.