Pain in the gas
 

I'll look in there morning, but the console is always covered and there is a top on the boat .............thanks

That mighta coulda been my boat...
 

Hey Blu,
That could have been her. I bought her last year off a guy in West Hartford. He had too many toys. I think she was around for only a couple years before that; it's a Florida boat that came up sometime after 2004. I keep her out at my mother's on Cape Cod (Woods Hole). When I first bought her I posted some pix and someone said they'd never seen the teal striping and details. I don't know. It's clear that her transom was redone, as was a lot of her both inside and out. The stripes and stickers were so cherry it makes me wonder if someone had all that done special.

i have been useing startron for about 2 years now and never had a problem with water in fuel

Mine came from a guy in Kensington one street over from the Rockcat's Stadium I found her on a ad in Outboard Exchange board in his shop in Waterford...........

ditto!

It's definetly the eythenol. It's my understanding that since the vent system for a boat is different from a car the oxygen reacts with the eythenol and breaks it down faster, and water is a by-product. I've seen this a lot the past couple of years. No marinas here sell eythenol gas and there is only one mainland that sells E-Free. The only problems have been from the smaller boat guys that bring the jerry cans to fill up, ie-me!! Luckily, with the old Merc, I pretty much burn through it anyway, allthough I have recently started having some slight issues with idling and what-not.

Haven't read up enough on thie ethanol issue but it sounds like it may be worth refueling at marina with ethanol free gas even if it costs more?

Ethanol Question
 

I know this is probably going to sound stupid, but how do you tell if the gas has ethanol in it? At all of the stations I check all over the pumps looking for some kind of sign if the gas has ethanol, and only found one station that had a little yellow sticker on one of the pumps that said "may contain up to % ethanol additive" I have not seen this label on any other pumps.....If I ask the attendant inside, they have no clue what I'm talking about...What's ehtanol?....We only have gas..........
Is it just in my area or is it like this in other areas??


:head::head::head::head::head: Maybe I'll make this a new post......

Rabbit, they pretty much all have it. In SC they are required by law to post a sign on the pump. In NC, not so. I used to think I could get e free gas in NC before going to the beach until I learned about the law and asked around. It sucks but the good news is there are stations out there who have e free gas. You just have to find them.

HI guys,

Dont post much here but I am a regular lurker, I have a 1980 Formula 20 ft Cuddy with a 470 I/O, New floors, Stringers, Bulkheads and Fuel Tank, so I can relate to the V-20, and for the first time in my life I also had some E-10 problems. Check out the link below for some interesting info on E-10.
Thanks,
Butch


http://www.isleofpalmsmarine.com/