Ethanol/gas treatment/Yamaha

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Haven't cranked the Yama 50 yet but I have a 2.5 Yama that I bought several years ago for my wife's 12 ft. John boat and I just started it. It has been sitting idle in my shed for at least 2.5 years. I was gong to trash the thing but put it in a barrel and she started on the second pull. I let it run for a few minutes an remembered advice not to use old gas (especially ethanol which is what was in the tank). I used Stabil in the gas before storage and ran the thing with gas shut off to drain gas from carb. Amazing! Makes me a whole lot less apprehensive about ethanol.