We get 10% ethanol in all our gas here in New England. Its been that way for 3 or 4 years now. I've never noticed much difference, except: Snowmobiles tend to accumulate moisture in the gas no matter what you do which makes some sense if you consider the environment they exist in. 2 years ago I had a terrible problem with a brown sugar like substance accumulating in the fuel filters and carbs. Last winter I put 2oz of SeaFoam per gallon of gas in every snowmobile I owned every time I added gas no exceptions and had zero issues.
I imagine boaters have similar problems and might be helped with a similar strategy or by draining all the gas every time they put the boat up for a couple days. That'd be easier in a 4 stroke boat than a 2 stroke snowmobile since you could put the gas in the car with no worries. -Curt Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 08:41:31 -0400 From: Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> Subject: [MBZ] Ethanol To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Message-ID: <4a1d34fb.6050...@constructivity.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Daughter found this article, quite interesting. Are any of the newer Benzes "flex fuel"? Would increased ethanol content have any adverse effects on newer (or older for that matter) engines/fuel systems? I know around here the boaters are having fits with ethanol-laced fuels as it absorbs water and causes problems in boat motors and systems. In Texas the fuel around Houston had 10% ethanol to "help" the local air quality, outside of the metro area it didn't have that much. Here in Charleston I think it has some but not 10%. http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/may2009/bw20090514_058678.htm --R -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090527/e5f9cb5b/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
