Ethanol

[4th ski-doo]

Who's scared? Treatments? No worries? How long can it sit before you're nervous?


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[shag]

If you can find ethanol free, it's WELL worth it imo. I would be nervous after 1 month.... Still don't like it though... It collects moisture and makes whatever is using it less efficient. At a minimum, Stabil ethanol treatment when you purchase the crap sold at pumps, as you put in your cans, gas dock, etc.
Can you tell a dislike Ethanol...

[ski4evr]

Marine stabil in every gallon that goes in my boat, mower, atv, weed eater, chain saw, etc., etc.. The only fuel systems designed for ethanol are late model vehicles. Not sure about the newer boats, but mine definetly performs better on the pure gas available at several stations around here. Ethanol has destroyed several of my toys "fuel systems" and many of my friends outboards. The big concentrate bottle treats 320 gallons and isn't too much trouble to deal with. I even use in my tow vehicle because it sits more than runs. Only used on weekends, and after summer, not even that.

[Nordicron]

I honestly can't tell the diff between ethanol or no ethanol fuel in mine. It loves them both, many gallons! But with that said when it gets towards fall I make sure I only put in 100% gas. I don't want any ethanol in my boats system over the winter. I also don't believe any fuel stabilizer is worth using so long as your always burning through your fuel and topping off with fresh.


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[JamesHawk101]

In my G23 I run premium with ethanol. The non ethanol is so expensive and usually isn't available in the 91+ octane the G likes. I use my boat at least 4 times a week should I be worried about anything?

[swankster]

Marine stabil in every gallon that goes in my boat, mower, atv, weed eater, chain saw, etc., etc...

Same for me! I had to replace too many fuel lines and rebuild carbs. It to hard to find fuel without it.

[DanielC]

I have a 1997 Ski Nautique with 2533.6 hours on it. I live in Oregon, and we have had E-10 almost exclusevily available since the turn of the century.
I have had no problems related to E-10. Nor have any of my other motor vehicles, ranging from 1996 Ford Aerostar, to a 1948 Ford 8N tractor, to 1970 Datsun pickup, or power tools including 2 stroke chain saws, lawn mowers, generators, or weed trimmers.

The one thing I noticed when I had to switch from 100% gasoline to E-10, with my Ski Nautique, is the FCC no longer had ANY water in it. I have also changed fuel filters on outboard motors, and found no water in them, with running E-10.

[fb_rider]

Our lake doesn't have any gas pumps on the water, and it's pretty much impossible to find non-ethanol gas anywhere close by. I noticed my boat starting to miss some a couple of years ago. Once I started using the Stabil marine ethanol treatment the miss went away and has never come back. May have been a coincidence, but I'm not willing to take that chance. I need to pull my FCC sometime and see how it looks, but it seems like a pain.