Spring has sprung and it won’t be long before homeowners around the county get ready to start their engines, their lawnmower engines that is. You turn the key, ready to breathe in the smell of fresh cut grass but are disappointed. Instead of the engine thundering to life you suffer through a chorus of spitting, choking and sputtering as your engine refuses to come to life.“Ethanol is killing small engines,” said Scottie Keel, owner of McMinnville Lawn and Garden located on Highway 55 Bypass.