[Starzofchaos]

Ethanol gas is fine if you run it in what you use every day. Now when the problems you run into is if you let it set around for too long. Ethanol gas just after two weeks starts to develop what is called phase separation. Where the gas and ethanol has a distinctive boundary layer. Not only that, the Ethanol blends better with water than it will with gas. No gas last forever, usually about 90 days is the max time on non-ethanol fuels. Even with a stabilizer, it might extend it out to 6 months... Still six month old fuel is asking for trouble if you try to use it. Like others have mentioned, the best way to keep the carbs from gumming up is to run it out of gas to make sure that no gas is left in the carbs. Some carbs have drains on the bowls. Next is to get some good spray carb cleaner and spray into each carb before storage. My suggestion for Fuel additives to help with the problem is either BioBor EB(which 16oz treats 240gal~80gal for storage), or the Amsol Gas Stabilizer(1oz to 2.4gal) is a very good product. It should be mandatory for every boat out there to have an external 10 micron fuel filter/water separator.