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Originally Posted by Flooder

The point of his post was to make fun of you for even considering doing something like this with zero tuning. IE, you sir are crazy .

I think you're half right. I don't think he thought he was crazy.........

Originally Posted by RETed

Ethanol tends to settle out with any mixture with gasoline.
This is not a problem when you don't let it sit around, like for more daily drivers.
It's a BIG problem when you don't drive your vehicle every day - I know some of us don't.
Go talk to boat owners about this - they will tell you the real deal.

-Ted

Ethanol is the worst thing that has happened to fuel since it was first created. Here are a few stories

I bought my boat about 5 or 6 years ago from a mechanic. The boat ran GREAT it's entire life until the very first tank of ethanol went into it. She ran for 15 minutes before the filter was clogged along with all 3 2-barrel carbs. I got the boat cheap, drained the tank, all 35 gallons of it and watched CHUCKS of schmeg fall out, new water seperating fuel filter, rebuilt the pump and all the carbs. Fresh tank of gas and the boat ran for 20 minutes before it wouldn't idle at all. Looked at the filter and drained out shit the consistancey of syrup. Drained the tank again, watched chunks of schmeg fall out. Pulled the tank from the boat and dropped a length of 3/8 chain in the tank, sloshed it around, put a few gallons in, syphoned it out and repeated for HOURS untill everything was out. No problems since.

I know countless people that have had to have their decks removed and thier tanks replaced becuase they couldn't be cleaned or becuase they were fiberglass. Virtually every gas powered Bertram on the water has or will have fuel issues.

Fiberglass tanks are literally MELTING and entire fuel systems, carbs, and sometimes engines need replacement.

I just had a 25 year old boston whaler that wasn't running, snaked the line and something the consistancy of a fishing worm 3/8" diameter and about 1" long came out. Pulled the filter and found the same shit in every opening of the filter and coating the base. When I left it out to show the owner, it shrunk in size by about 90% overnight. Still the same consistancy though and very stretchy

His neighbor was draining his filter with what was the consistancy of rotten yogurt. I'm actually going to be pulling his deck and replacing his tank this winter on the side.

Even the boats that are driven EVERYDAY are getting water in the tanks from condensation or evaporation

Look at the boats fuel vent, I can pretty much garuntee that if the boat is unwaxed fiberglass, you'll see mold, actual mold forming around the vent becuase the ethanol is attracting that much moisture. I just pulled the filler on my 7 and spent about an hour cleaning all the corrosion off that fucking thing. Think about that for a minute.... the ethanol is causing corrosion on a piece that it touches for all of a few minutes every week.

The fuel filter on my buddies Volvo was clogged solid, pulled the pump to see how bad the tank was and it was spotless, Fords seem especially susceptable to this from what I've been told. Something about the glue in the filters that they use is breaking down and clogging itself.

Ethanol broke down my epoxy coated fuel tank, clogged my filter and cost me an engine.

Ethanol and all the propagandists promoting it can suck my left nut while I shower their face with baby batter. It's more expensive than gas, get WAY less mileage, fucks up everything that it touches, ruins vehicles, boats and wallets... I WAS getting 22-25 mpg in my Cherokee, now ~17-18mpg. So you add 10% Ethanol and I lose 23-32% of my mileage, so in REAL terms I'm using 13-22% MORE fossil fuels to save 10%???? Where the hell did these people learn math?