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10-17-2010, 07:51 PM
I couldn't start my boat after this past Winter because the ethanol separated out in the tank and was laying at the bottom. There was no reason I could find for it not to start -- I drained the carb and sure enough it was pure ethanol. I drained the tank, refilled, and it ran great.
The shelf-life of the current ethanolated gasoline is like 3 months. That doesn't bode well for drivers of collector cars or cars that aren't driving for months at a time.
It's all just pure nonsense and everyone knows it. There is no environmental benefit and the only reason is that it's yet another farm subsidy in effect.
It also means that all gasoline has to be transported by truck because the ethanol can't go by pipeline due to the rubber seals in the pipelines.
The shelf-life of the current ethanolated gasoline is like 3 months. That doesn't bode well for drivers of collector cars or cars that aren't driving for months at a time.
It's all just pure nonsense and everyone knows it. There is no environmental benefit and the only reason is that it's yet another farm subsidy in effect.
It also means that all gasoline has to be transported by truck because the ethanol can't go by pipeline due to the rubber seals in the pipelines.