I was going to recommend snow tires. Worked in MN for a few years. People would have their snow tires mounted on steelies to keep rims nice and have a quicker exchange.
BS this stuff still happens to women. I have two younger sisters and raised by single Mom and that stuff boils my blood. Thanks for the heads-up. When I finally p/u mine I'll tell my wife not to expect me home anytime soon. Let's see how the waiting game goes when THEY need to go home and lock-up.
Ethanol produces 55-60% of the energy of gasoline in equal amounts. Ethanol washes the cylinder walls of oil more than pure gas and mixes with the engine oil.
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The problem isn't the oil breaking down it's the particulates too small for the filter that build up over time. They do have filters that filter to a smaller size but the flow rate is too slow to keep the engine lubricated.
At EXTREMELY low gas level fuel pump shuts off to save itself. No damage. The prefilters & filters take care of junk, which isn't much with modern gas. The only reason for junk, I'm the past, was gas station filters had to have a certain flow rate to keep customers happy. Modern filtration is...