Non ethanol vs stabil???
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Topic: Non ethanol vs stabil???
Posted By: Ga Sportsman
Subject: Non ethanol vs stabil???
Date Posted: August-03-2015 at 2:06am
| I picked up an awesome 79 Ski Nautique last weekend and previous owner (last 16 years) said it has NEVER had ethanol in it. Ran it today and it ran like a sewing machine. My question is this... As non ethanol gas is not everywhere here would stabil marine treatment in regular gas suffice or should I try to find non ethanol? Has 351 Windsor in it |
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Posted By: DayTony
Date Posted: August-03-2015 at 2:30am
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I'm not familiar myself with the 79 fuel system, the problems ethanol pose are not going to have to do with runability its going to do with the fuel system componants. first off. if it has a fiberglass tank thats going to break down with the introduction of ethanol fuels. aluminum is fine. If it has original or older fuel lines. it may be a good idea to change anyways but another good reason is because fuel hoses had some issues with breaking down from ethanol a lot during the "transition" and a lot of people found out the hard way. anything you buy new now will be able to handle it. Always a good idea to have an inline Racor as well. will help separate and keep water from reaching fuel pump and carb. With any boat, introduction of water into the fuel system is always bad, but once ethanol fuels came along it went from bad to horribly bad because of the reaction the ethanol has when it is mixed with water. it has this horrible tendancy to corrode things like carburetor bowls, power valves, metering plates, fuel tanks. I hate the stuff personally, its one of the reasons i bought a diesel truck. They dont sell ethanol free gas around me either except by the quart in home depot for about $30 a gallon. so. I have been using lucas treatment with every fill up when i have to buy gas. for my boats and stuff. I pulled my carb this season to clean up and it was surprisingly good inside so thats got to say something for the stuff. but otherwise i have no real world data to share about it other than it makes me feel a little better when i use it. i dont know if stabil is meant to do the same as the lucas is or not. if ethanol fuel is all you can get than thats all you can do i guess, run the conditioner Bought myself a couple cases of this stuff from my supply guy,  ------------- 1988 Barefoot nautique-454 |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: August-03-2015 at 8:09am
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Cory, Fuel stabilizer was around long before ethanol so even if you don't use ethanol, Stabilizing the gas is a good idea for long term storage. You will have an aluminum tank so there's no concern with it. Yes, as mentioned, rubber parts can get eaten up with ethanol but a stabilizer will not solve that problem. Changing the modern fuel lines is the solution. Welcome to CCfan. We'd love to see some pictures. ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: SNobsessed
Date Posted: August-03-2015 at 11:17am
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Ditto the above, but just adding that not storing Egas more than a few weeks is the key. A good plan is to only buy what you will use for the week. When you rebuild carb, look for a ethanol resistant kit. ------------- “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” Ben Franklin |
Posted By: Ga Sportsman
Date Posted: August-03-2015 at 11:20am
| Thanks guys...I found some non ethanol that is not too far out of the way to the lake. I'll get some get pix and post soon. I love it |
Posted By: SNobsessed
Date Posted: August-03-2015 at 11:23am
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Congratulations on your wise purchase, BTW. Sounds like the PO cared for the boat well. ------------- “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” Ben Franklin |
Posted By: Toertel
Date Posted: August-03-2015 at 11:38am
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Peter, so your saying for winter layup I should fill her up with non ethanol gas and add stabilizer? If so, which one is the best? ------------- 1994 Sport Nautique |
Posted By: Morfoot
Date Posted: August-03-2015 at 1:17pm
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Very Cool Cory and welcome to the Site. I too am on Jackson quite a bit and have probably seen that boat on the water a time or two if you bought it locally. I usually boat on the Tussahaw side of the lake so you'll probably run into me somewhere in the future. I changed out the main fuel line to a ethanol approved line a couple years ago. I run blended fuel in the 88' all summer and then drain it dry and refill it with NON ethanol gas and Stabil. Best place to get it close to the lake is at the BP station at Stark Road and Halls Bridge Road. ------------- "Morfoot; He can ski. He can wakeboard.He can cook chicken.He can create his own self-named beverage, & can also apparently fly. A man of many talents."72 Mustang "Kermit",88 SN Miss Scarlett, 99 SN "Sherman" |
Posted By: Ga Sportsman
Date Posted: August-03-2015 at 2:02pm
| Yep Morfoot I put in at Reasor's as it is about 10 minutes from my house. But the boat came from lake blackshear so it is not local. Maybe I'll run across u out there soon |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: August-03-2015 at 7:36pm
With ethanol, you must use a stabilizer for layup and I suggest one that's made for ethanol. With plain gas, I still recommend a stabilizer but plain old Stabil will work. ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
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