Topic: Increasing Ethanol Content

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January 23, 2011 at 1:03 am #446378

conan1.basscatowners
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The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday that 15 percent ethanol blended with gasoline is safe for cars and light-duty trucks manufactured between 2001 and 2006. Im understanding that alcohol is a universal solvent. If it comes a day where 2 cycle boat owners cant find fuel without etoh, Do we need to increase oil delivery to these older motors due to the increased cylinder wall washing the alcohol causes? How would we go about it if needed? Is this a problem for the new 4 strokes?”Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by an unscrupulous main- stream media which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”

January 23, 2011 at 4:24 pm #446379

schodackbassman
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Below is a link to a good article on the topic. As it stands, stations will be allowed to offer E-15 fuel but are not required to. Hopefully it wont catch on. It will totally depend on the corn lobby and probably what State you are in. Lots of corn, lots of E-15. Using corn to make ethanol is plain stupid and wasteful but that is another topic all together. For now, we just have to be careful not to use a pump that has E-15 blend. The pumps are supposed to be clearly labled. My concern is some careless dope will put the wrong blended fuel in the wrong labled tank and the consumer will never know. As far as I know, there is no marine motor, inboard or outboard, made to handle E-15 unless the SHO is. But even those of us with mid 2000s motors need to be concerned. Two or 4 cycle. Our elected officials, past and present, dont seem to concerned about the issue. Maybe after their motor dies when on the lobbyist yacht when they are 50 miles offshore in the gulf with a storm brewing they will get the message….http://www.tradeonlytoday.com/home/508459-epa-expands-e15-rule

January 23, 2011 at 8:53 pm #446380

poopsdream
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Not sure this web site will help everyone but you may want to look at it. pure-gas.org

January 24, 2011 at 12:53 am #446381

conan1.basscatowners
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Thanks for this link. Very important info for boaters. I reposted the complete link for you. http://pure-gas.org/”Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by an unscrupulous main- stream media which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”

January 24, 2011 at 2:59 am #446382

poopsdream
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I can alway us help when it cames to web sites.Also anyone that knows of a station that sells pure gas can add there name and location to the web site. Thanks for this link. Very important info for boaters. I reposted the complete link for you. http://pure-gas.org/
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