Pumpworthy started with two broken carburetors.
Over the course of six months, I had two carburetor failures. Two. And I'll be honest: my first instinct was to give up on engines altogether, go all-electric, and never think about fuel or carburetors again.
But that's not really an option, and here's why. My pressure washer puts out serious pressure. It's a great machine, and I want to keep using it. Then there's my lawnmower. I picked up a used Honda, only a couple of years old with many good years left in it, for $300. The electric alternative? Around $800, for a machine that may or may not be as good. There's still a lot of value left in engines, and I wasn't ready to throw it away.
So if I was going to keep running engines, I decided I'd run them right. After two carburetor failures, I made a rule: these machines get ethanol-free gasoline, and nothing else.
That's when I started searching for ethanol-free stations and found puregas.org. It's a genuinely useful resource, and I'm grateful it exists. But it isn't a modern website. It doesn't work well on a phone, which is exactly where you need it, standing in a parking lot wondering where the nearest pump is.
So I built Pumpworthy.
The goal was simple: a station finder that works great on mobile, gets updated often, lists verified stations, and doesn't let that information go stale over time. A map you can actually trust.
The map works whether you sign up or not
No account, no wall. Just open it and find a pump.
We're community-built
The thousands of verified pumps on this map exist because real people put them there: boaters, mechanics, classic-car restorers, lawn-care professionals. They submit stations. They confirm them. They keep the map honest.
And we're opinionated
Here's where I'm coming from: I'm not a fan of the Renewable Fuel Standard. The RFS is the reason there's so much ethanol in gasoline in the first place. Ethanol isn't evil. It can be a useful component of gasoline, and it would still have a place even without a federal mandate. But ethanol-blended fuel in a boat, a small engine, or a classic car is a real problem.
Ethanol-blended fuel is a policy choice, not a chemistry decision. The corn lobby got its subsidy. Your engine took the damage. We're on the engine's side.
If your boat, your classic, your snowblower, or your generator deserves better than what comes out of most pumps, you're in the right place.
Help keep the map honest
Find a station near you. Open the map and search your area.
Know a station that isn't on here? Add it using the station submission form.
Know a station that stopped selling ethanol-free gas? Let me know, and I'll get the map updated.
Thanks for being here.
Daniel