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220nautique 
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 Topic: Ethanol, gas, nautiques.Posted: January-30-2009 at 3:45pm |
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Someone told me that I need to put fuel conditioner (the stuff they use when they winterize) in my boat every time I fuel up, now that ethanol is being used in fuel. I have never heard that before...is that right? I would like to hear everyones thoughts.
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79nautique
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Posted: January-30-2009 at 4:10pm |
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NO IT's NOT,
if you have a newer boat you don't have to worry if your's is an older model then you need to switch out some fuel lines and maybe get rid of a plastic gas tank if it has one. gas has had ethanol in it for over twenty years. |
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220nautique
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Posted: January-30-2009 at 5:04pm |
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so as I long as I use E10 my boat is fine?
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Posted: January-30-2009 at 5:10pm |
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Posted: January-30-2009 at 7:27pm |
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Posted: February-02-2009 at 12:21am |
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Sure does make gas go stale fast though!
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220nautique
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Posted: February-02-2009 at 12:35am |
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My mechanic says he doesn't think it would hurt. He has never heard of it though. The person who told me to do it in the first place said just 2 ounces at every fill up would do the trick. I also heard that fuel conditioner lowers the octane of the fuel too.
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