Help.... the ethanol in my gas ate up my doel fin... does it really do anything????

[Maclin]

Re: Help.... the ethanol in my gas ate up my doel fin... does it really do anything??

^^^^^^

:laugh:

 

[81_chapparel194]

Re: Help.... the ethanol in my gas ate up my doel fin... does it really do anything??

but it ALL really depends if the stringers rotted first or the deck..

 

[coolbri70]

Re: Help.... the ethanol in my gas ate up my doel fin... does it really do anything??

sounds like not enough rollers on yer bunks:facepalm: you need to back up until the tailpipe is submerged

 

[southkogs]

Re: Help.... the ethanol in my gas ate up my doel fin... does it really do anything??

... and all this because you insist on power loading. :tsk:

 

[oldjeep]

Re: Help.... the ethanol in my gas ate up my doel fin... does it really do anything??

If you had taken a water test with a surveyor this never would have happened

 

[fishrdan]

Re: Help.... the ethanol in my gas ate up my doel fin... does it really do anything??

This wouldn't have happened if you used Stabil!

But seriously, the damage was most likely caused by the plastic fatigue due to road vibration while towing. You need a deflopperizer to keep it from happening again.

I would suggest repairing it, but that would bring up a bunch of bickering over whether to use poly resin or epoxy, when the clear answer would be to use Gluvit. Gluvit will microscopically fill in all the fractured (fracked) plastic and hermetically seal the pours.

 

[bruceb58]

Re: Help.... the ethanol in my gas ate up my doel fin... does it really do anything??

Next time rub SeaFoam on it. Snake oil preserves snake plastic.

 

[Home Cookin']

Re: Help.... the ethanol in my gas ate up my doel fin... does it really do anything??

ayuh...'n fer got'n garble 'n wargle fer 'nuddin'...ayuh

 

[SigSaurP229]

Re: Help.... the ethanol in my gas ate up my doel fin... does it really do anything??

Might as well go ahead and check the muffler bearings while you are at it too.

 

[Home Cookin']

Re: Help.... the ethanol in my gas ate up my doel fin... does it really do anything??

Next time rub SeaFoam on it. Snake oil preserves snake plastic.

best one so far!

 

[Maclin]

Re: Help.... the ethanol in my gas ate up my doel fin... does it really do anything??

All for naught if it was not properly winterized.

 

[Maclin]

Re: Help.... the ethanol in my gas ate up my doel fin... does it really do anything??

Metric, betcha bought it off Craigslist.

 

[hungupthespikes]

Re: Help.... the ethanol in my gas ate up my doel fin... does it really do anything??

You need to keep the exhaust away from the fin. THEY recommend thru haul exhaust.

 

[Maclin]

Re: Help.... the ethanol in my gas ate up my doel fin... does it really do anything??

Metric, did you use the correct alignment tool?

 

[Maclin]

Re: Help.... the ethanol in my gas ate up my doel fin... does it really do anything??

Lots of good advice, may need to request this to become a sticky.

 

[imstriker]

Re: Help.... the ethanol in my gas ate up my doel fin... does it really do anything??

Did you drain the water out of the plastic before winter or fill it with antifreeze?

 

[Knot Waiting]

Re: Help.... the ethanol in my gas ate up my doel fin... does it really do anything??

If you don't drill a blow hole in those dole-fins they suffocate.

 

[bruceb58]

Re: Help.... the ethanol in my gas ate up my doel fin... does it really do anything??

Doel-Fins apparently only work on Stingray boats so if it isn't a Stingray, might as well remove it anyway.

 

[V153]

Re: Help.... the ethanol in my gas ate up my doel fin... does it really do anything??

I bet a Manatee ate it ...

 

[Home Cookin']

Re: Help.... the ethanol in my gas ate up my doel fin... does it really do anything??

Another reason not to have carpet in a boat. Look what happened.