SoCal Jet Boats
Tech Talk => Engine Mechanical / Electrical => Topic started by: GlassCutter on April 11, 2011, 10:23:07 PM
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None in Cali but several in Las Vegas and AZ. http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp (http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp)
It also supplies an easy way to write a protest letter to Congress critters. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: C'mon and write one, it won't hurt!
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Learn me about the ethel free gas.
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First of all, like most current political thinking, it is flat out stupid to base an energy policy of making fuel out of food.
More important to boaters is that Ethanol will pull water out of the air, and into itself, so it makes for a very bad boat fuel. It is also real hard on some plastics and rubber found in older cars, boats, engine systems.
Right now most gas with ethanol added is about 92/08 percentage wise but field testing at the pump shows this to vary wildly. It was recently voted by Congress to up that gas vs. ethanol ratio to 85/15.
I gotta run now but the info is out there and easily found.
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Very tough on the fuel system, remember braided stainless is just rubber hose inside. I'am in the middle of replacing all the stainless on my boat now, fix one next trip out another hose starts leaking. My buddy is doing the same on his Sea-Doo,hoses are going bad and cloging the carbs.