Just say no to Ethanol!

Kelleyo · **Posted:** Sat Sep 03, 2011 2:24 pm

Yeah Baby!!! :mrgreen:

230 Mike · **Posted:** Sat Sep 03, 2011 2:31 pm

taz42169 · **Posted:** Sat Sep 03, 2011 7:26 pm

Dude....is that a joke? LOVE IT :mrgreen:

Kelleyo · **Posted:** Sat Sep 03, 2011 7:33 pm

taz42169 wrote:

Dude....is that a joke? LOVE IT :mrgreen:

Nope! I have 2 stations within a 5 mile radius of my lake that carry no ethanol gas!

taz42169 · **Posted:** Sun Sep 04, 2011 7:51 am

Kelleyo wrote:

taz42169 wrote:

Dude....is that a joke? LOVE IT :mrgreen:

Nope! I have 2 stations within a 5 mile radius of my lake that carry no ethanol gas!

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I'm jealous!

298VISTA2000 · **Posted:** Sun Sep 04, 2011 8:12 am

There learning.

TX H210SS · **Joined:** Thu May 27, 2010 9:10 am **Posts:** 1488

wish they would catch on around here!!!! Congrats.......it's a pain having to treat the gas and still worry if it's going to trash the fuel system.

sniper222 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 05, 2011 7:25 am

I see you are in the Atlanta area, where are these stations, haven't found any near me, near lake lanier

Kelleyo · **Posted:** Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:54 am

Probably too long of a drive for you to get gas... I live in Atlanta Metro (East Cobb) but my boat and cabin are up on lake Blue Ridge in Morganton GA.

ric · **Posted:** Tue Sep 06, 2011 11:05 am

My boat loves E10. I just advanced the ign a tad and adjusted the carb.

Jafo4U · **Joined:** Wed Jun 22, 2011 2:33 am **Posts:** 1026

I treated my gas with ethanol treatment on my 08 220 but was told since it's fuel injected that I don't have to worry about ethanol. I opted to add five ounces of the ethanol killer for the 50 gallons of gasoline anyway and hopefully that saves me any problems in the future.

ric · **Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:28 am

Jafo4U wrote:

I treated my gas with ethanol treatment on my 08 220 but was told since it's fuel injected that I don't have to worry about ethanol. I opted to add five ounces of the ethanol killer for the 50 gallons of gasoline anyway and hopefully that saves me any problems in the future.

Fuel injected engines such as yours has zero issues with E10 gasoline (pump gas with up to 10% ethanol). None what so ever. At all. For the life of the boat.

The issue with ethanol in the gasoline is the carbureted engines can not adjust for it on their own since E10 burns a tad different then regular gas. You (the owner of the boat) has to re-adjust the carb and ignition for E10 to make the boat run correctly.

Indy Steve · **Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:26 am

ric wrote:

Fuel injected engines such as yours has zero issues with E10 gasoline (pump gas with up to 10% ethanol). None what so ever. At all. For the life of the boat.

May be true for a week or two while the gas is "fresh", but after that, phase seperation in the tank(water forming) will start creating a whole new set of problems. Many of the ethanol treatments help prevent this. I always use the Startron enzyme additive if I have to use ethanol blended gas.

SundayDinner · **Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:35 am

I'm no expert on the subject, but I'd have to think that if the problem is caused in the carburetor, this would pose a problem for those of use with cruisers that have fuel injected motors, but carburetad generators. Am I right on that? I've also read that the ethanol can degrade plastic fuel lines. That true?

ric · **Posted:** Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:15 pm

SundayDinner wrote:

I'm no expert on the subject, but I'd have to think that if the problem is caused in the carburetor, this would pose a problem for those of use with cruisers that have fuel injected motors, but carburetad generators. Am I right on that? I've also read that the ethanol can degrade plastic fuel lines. That true?

You don't have plastic fuel lines on a boat.

Yes, even with a generator you would want to re-tune it's carb to use E10... maybe even use an aftermarket staggered keyway on the flywheel to bump up the ignition a few degrees.

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