Petition against E85 in marine engines

[spoggy]

http://www.greatlakesscuttlebutt.com/news/press-room/boatus-asks-boaters-to-say-no-to-more-ethanol-in-2017/

Worth signing

[3 Squids]

I almost burned up my Yamaha due to Ethanol. It ate up my fuel lines from the inside and trash from that leaned out the bottom 2 cylinders. Luckily I caught it in time. One thing I will say though is the boat was much more fuel efficient with ethanol vs non ethanol.

[bradford]

But....but....How will the big giant farming conglomerates make enough money to survive without us buying ethanol and them getting subsidies from our taxes?

:oh:

[Jeb]

I haven't even considered this. I have an old, carburated 2-stroke (150 Black Max)... How can I tell if I'm putting harmful fuel in her when I gas up? What additives should I consider to help curb damage? I currently use Sta-bil and Sea Foam on every fill.

Thanks

[THEFERMANATOR]

I haven't even considered this. I have an old, carburated 2-stroke (150 Black Max)... How can I tell if I'm putting harmful fuel in her when I gas up? What additives should I consider to help curb damage? I currently use Sta-bil and Sea Foam on every fill.

Thanks

Both of those additives are an alchol based additive making erhanol problems worse imo. I used star tron in mine, and sea foam was a shock only type of treatment. I now use ethanol free, and no more worries.

[smokeonthewater]

http://www.pure-gas.org/

[3 Squids]

But....but....How will the big giant farming conglomerates make enough money to survive without us buying ethanol and them getting subsidies from our taxes?

:oh:

Couldn't of said it better myself. i remember watching some of the original ads for it and it had some old timely, homegrown farmer saying how great it was for 'Merica. Yea... Horse****. Just billionaires making more billions.

Fortunately we have 2 close by stations that sell it at a pretty good price. Usually $.40-.50 more /gal. then ethanol.