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Yamaha 40hp 2-stroke and Ethanal...facts/fiction?
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<blockquote data-quote="Quackrstackr" data-source="post: 137267" data-attributes="member: 437"><p>Ethanol does not leave any residue as it is actually an alcohol.</p><p></p><p>Most stabilizers keep that alcohol from absorbing excess moisture but they don't really have much of an effect on the alcohol breaking down the plastics and rubber in your fuel system. It's simply a bad side effect of ethanol gasoline and there's no ethanol remover that I am aware of. Some of the stabilizers will help clean the fuel system but you really still have the material breakdown problem.</p><p></p><p>The only true way to solve it is to buy ethanol free gas or hope to eventually replace all of the affected components with ones that are ethanol resistant.</p><p></p><p>Ethanol gas is bad news on older fiberglass fuel tanks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quackrstackr, post: 137267, member: 437"] Ethanol does not leave any residue as it is actually an alcohol. Most stabilizers keep that alcohol from absorbing excess moisture but they don't really have much of an effect on the alcohol breaking down the plastics and rubber in your fuel system. It's simply a bad side effect of ethanol gasoline and there's no ethanol remover that I am aware of. Some of the stabilizers will help clean the fuel system but you really still have the material breakdown problem. The only true way to solve it is to buy ethanol free gas or hope to eventually replace all of the affected components with ones that are ethanol resistant. Ethanol gas is bad news on older fiberglass fuel tanks. [/QUOTE]
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