ethanol help

[yamaman25]

whats the best additive to add to you gas for ethanol control,dri-fuel,seafoam,sta-bil,or other.i be leave i'm having ethanol problems. thanks

 

[Rocky_Road]

Re: ethanol help

Mercury states this about their Dri-Fuel: "Do not add Mercury Dri-Fuel to ethanol blended fuel."

Sta-bil Marine formula is what I use...24/7! Like all ethanol fuel additives, it has to be used BEFORE you have the gremlins from ethanol show up. None of these formulas are intended to be used as a cure...they are used as a preventative.

SeaFoam is a great product...but they have never claimed to be the answer to ethanol. The other products you mentioned (Startron, Sta-bil) are especially formulated for ethanol gas...pick your poison!

Happy boating!

 

[yamaman25]

Re: ethanol help

Mercury states this about their Dri-Fuel: "Do not add Mercury Dri-Fuel to ethanol blended fuel."

Sta-bil Marine formula is what I use...24/7! Like all ethanol fuel additives, it has to be used BEFORE you have the gremlins from ethanol show up. None of these formulas are intended to be used as a cure...they are used as a preventative.

rocky road were are you at in panhandle i'm in crestview.someone said if you keep running it your motor will start running good with itmine coughs at idle and last week on the bay it slow down and lost power,tried to open it up and it bog like it wasn't getting any gas.take it put it in a test tank and now it runs greatwhat the hek

 

[Rocky_Road]

Re: ethanol help

rocky road were are you at in panhandle i'm in crestview.someone said if you keep running it your motor will start running good with itmine coughs at idle and last week on the bay it slow down and lost power,tried to open it up and it bog like it wasn't getting any gas.take it put it in a test tank and now it runs greatwhat the hek

Let us know what your engine setup is...mine is a 3.0 I/O.

If you have been using E-10 (and almost all of us here in Florida have been), you should take a hard look at what is resting at the bottom of your gas tank. Ethanol will phase seperate rapidly, and scrub any old crud from your tank walls and send it to your engine. Almost every 'expert' says to add a water/fuel filter between your tank, and your engine. Cheap insurance for the carb(s)!

Live in Tallahassee...and boat in the Gulf, and numerous rivers. Here is the road going to the boat ramp at the St. Mark's lighthouse:

 

[yamaman25]

Re: ethanol help

sorry about thatit's a little tiller handle 1996 yamme 25hp its on my flats boat,maybe thats my problemi've been a merc man all my life had a old 850 a 150 and one bad-ss 175 efi god i miss that one.

 

[JDHNWFL]

Re: ethanol help

Yes we have a problem with hikers & bikers hogging the road. Relocating reptiles is part of our stimulis money!!