cmhyland
Platinum Member
Is it me or is this Ethanol mixed gas ( Gas 90% Ethanol 10%) absolute crap?
I put gas in mowers and use them and them go back a week later and they won't start. I have 4 motors that aren't running at the moment due to this crap fuel.
I have a small outboard motor ( Honda 9.9) that I just can't keep running on this garbage. Last year was the first year in Rhode Island where we keep our boat. I couldn't get the little motor running so it went to the Marine repair shop. After 200 buck worth of work , he said there wasn't a seal in the carb that wasn't goo and leaking. He rebuilt the carb and it ran for 15 minutes!
I couldn't get it to run for the rest of the season.
Since then the mechanic has sent gas samples off to the lab and found levels of ethanol between 20% and 30%. This is causing huge problems becaus e the fuel depots aren't mixing the ethanol levels properly.
When there is condensation in the tank it gets absorbed by the ethanol degrading the quality of the entire tank. The old stuff got caught in a water trap or filter.
Regards,
Chris
I put gas in mowers and use them and them go back a week later and they won't start. I have 4 motors that aren't running at the moment due to this crap fuel.
I have a small outboard motor ( Honda 9.9) that I just can't keep running on this garbage. Last year was the first year in Rhode Island where we keep our boat. I couldn't get the little motor running so it went to the Marine repair shop. After 200 buck worth of work , he said there wasn't a seal in the carb that wasn't goo and leaking. He rebuilt the carb and it ran for 15 minutes!
I couldn't get it to run for the rest of the season.
Since then the mechanic has sent gas samples off to the lab and found levels of ethanol between 20% and 30%. This is causing huge problems becaus e the fuel depots aren't mixing the ethanol levels properly.
When there is condensation in the tank it gets absorbed by the ethanol degrading the quality of the entire tank. The old stuff got caught in a water trap or filter.
Regards,
Chris