Ethanol/gas treatment/Yamaha

[Big-G]

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

[LakeMiV20]

I know Im a lot late to the conversation but one thing that I did not see mentioned in any of the posts was that ethanol eats rubber and plastic. It dries things out or de-laminates carb boots and the like. In the great white north here our season is far shorter but we also snowmobile a ton, and we have the same problem with boats and snowmobiles when ethanol is used. Another thing to mention is the alcohol in gas burns hotter than straight gas, so detonation and pre ignition becomes an issue, which means potential for pistons and rings or even new cylinders if you stick a piston. We have a few places that sell straight gas at stations, and all the marinas on the big lake only sell straight gas. Ethanol is very bad for recreational motors and should not be used at all.