Ed,
The answer to all of your questions is yes. The problem starts at the pumps  
where the ethanol is cleaning those in ground tanks. I was at a service 
station  recently and watched a service guy replace a filter on an adjacent pump. I  
started a casual conversation with him and he said that the ethanol was 
making  them replace filters more often than they previously did.
In turn it cleans the dirt out of gas tanks, fuel lines and anything else  it 
can come in contact with prior to reaching your combustion chamber.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 8/16/2008 9:39:46 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
ekroposki at charter.net writes:


Folks:

I am a member of another forum where people are  having serious problems with
outboard motors,  regardless of brand and  motor size.

My observation is that ethanol gas mixture is a big part of  problem.  When
motors are taken to shops for servicing it is  determined or claimed that
there was dirt in gas.  What that does not  say is whether dirt was in new
gas or the alcohol caused exisiting  accumulated grunge deposits to get into
the mixture.  

I need  help from Rik and Mike W on this, but didn't we used to use alcohol
as one  of the cleaning agents to clean carbs?  Yea, ether and other  exotic
chemicals were used, but alcohol is a solvent.  Is the alcohol  mixed with
gas causing dirt to free up and circulate into motors?   

Where is the alcohol freeing the dirt from?  In the lines and  tank on boat? 
Or is it at gas stations or in gas pipelines?   

Now this turns political!  Al Gore is causing unintended  consequences. 
Stan, your man is screwing us!

Has Alice gotten her  motor running?

Is there any company still selling pure gasoline?   without Al Gore's
influence?  What company?  Where?

Ed  K
Greenville, SC, USA


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