Ethanol/gas treatment/Yamaha

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Originally Posted by smokeonthewater

Yes... E-10 IS 90% low octane gas and 10% ethanol.... Mix in straight gas and you simply end up w e-9 or e-8 or better.

Sounds good. Boat in the water tomorrow.

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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.

[spareparts]

none of the engine manufactures say ethanol fuel is good for your engine. They say it can tolerate e10 at max. Keep running that garbage, it keeps me busy. Ethanol fuel is nothing more than buying votes from the corn farmers. Its been proven to create more emissions that it saves(actually increases emissions). I run it when I have to, but I try not to. One of my customers contacted a local oil supplier, he got a 250 gallon above ground fuel tank placed at his house. It cost him $2.20 per gallon of non e 91 octane(no road taxes). His Albermarle 24 has a 90 gallon tank. It only takes a couple trips to empty that tank. If any of y'all are fishing a lot, it may be worth it to check into getting your own tank. If I had time to use my boat more often, I'd already have a tank

[bradford]

Spare is right, big time Washington DC lobby. Ethanol sponsers a couple race teams and has "American Ethanol" plastered down the side of the cars to give that feel good patriotic vibe, what a freakin' joke.

I just sold two above ground tanks, one 275 gallon and one 223 gallon. With me not burning much gas I found it easier to have 6 gallon jerry cans that I keep on a rotation. If you head offshore regularly though it would be worth it to have it delivered and not pay the tax.

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Originally Posted by bradford

Spare is right, big time Washington DC lobby. Ethanol sponsers a couple race teams and has "American Ethanol" plastered down the side of the cars to give that feel good patriotic vibe, what a freakin' joke.

I just sold two above ground tanks, one 275 gallon and one 223 gallon. With me not burning much gas I found it easier to have 6 gallon jerry cans that I keep on a rotation. If you head offshore regularly though it would be worth it to have it delivered and not pay the tax.

I agree with you and Spare. A lot of politics and a lot of emotion surrounding E10. My brother just retired as a John Deere mechanic. He's on both sides of the issue: Likes the boost in farm income but sees the affects of ethanol every day (he has his own retirement shop now).

Don't know why the little 2.5 Yama survived 2 year old E10 but I'm glad it did.

[smokeonthewater]

wanna boost farm income.... stop importing food and textiles

[spareparts]

go a customer thats a farmer, he loves ethanol, works the same, makes double the money. BTW, non of his equipment runs on ethanol fuel. He keeps e free gas in tanks for his smaller equipment, diesel on everything else