Water Damage to Engine With Ethanol Use
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Ethanol becomes a problem when it is not used quickly. If you store gasoline in a container, you should consider using an additive. I posted on this a while back, my ATV's started to run poorly. My Yamaha dealer confirmed that gasoline containing ethanol has become a huge problem for such equipment. Needles and valves on the carbs are being destroyed by the corrosive nature of Ethanol. Same with boats where the gasoline has a tendency to stay in the tank a bit longer.
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Originally Posted by jrsamps' post='373863' date='Jan 5 2007, 06:28 AM
Ethanol becomes a problem when it is not used quickly. If you store gasoline in a container, you should consider using an additive. I posted on this a while back, my ATV's started to run poorly. My Yamaha dealer confirmed that gasoline containing ethanol has become a huge problem for such equipment. Needles and valves on the carbs are being destroyed by the corrosive nature of Ethanol. Same with boats where the gasoline has a tendency to stay in the tank a bit longer.
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Originally Posted by jrsamps' post='373863' date='Jan 5 2007, 11:28 AM
Needles and valves on the carbs are being destroyed by the corrosive nature of Ethanol.
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Originally Posted by vern' post='373708' date='Jan 4 2007, 05:04 PM
Didn't you ever go off subject just a little bit?
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Originally Posted by Locksmythe' post='373923' date='Jan 5 2007, 11:00 AM
My point wasn't that the previous poster was off topic, but that they were making an impossible recommendation, to go just down the street to get non-additive gas. I actually asked at the Sunoco near me what was going on with the additive. Basically it is by county. In the metropolitan area where I live all gas at every station for a 30+ mile radius around the area will have ethanol. To get untreated gas I would have to drive further away from town. The closest place he could think of was about 15 miles further West from me (and I already live at the far Western end of the metro area).
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Originally Posted by nickolas_g' post='373132' date='Jan 2 2007, 10:21 PM
I have been reading a number of articles about how ethanol absorbs water at an alarming rate. This is causing engine damage at a record level. This is a large concern for marine and boaters on the water but should this also be the case for our cars that are in such situations?
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Originally Posted by geokr1' post='374034' date='Jan 5 2007, 03:46 PM
I wouldn't worry too much about it. First, your car is fairly new so there aren't a lot of old deposits to be loosened by the ethanol. Second, a boat's fuel system and a car's, especially in the emission-conscious US, are much different, cars being tighter with regards to exposure to outside air and systems to burn off fumes, etc. Third, unless you refuel in torrential rain or leave your gas cap off you're never going to get that much water in your system. If the fuel absorbs it and takes it into the engine so much the better - it won't be there in the tank and lines to corrode or freeze. Finally, a little water in the fuel isn't necessarily a bad thing. Supercharged, high power, high octane aircraft engines spray it in to increase power by eliminating detonation (ADI). Recommendation - drive fast and burn lots of fuel.
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Originally Posted by jrsamps' post='373863' date='Jan 5 2007, 01:28 PM
Ethanol becomes a problem when it is not used quickly. If you store gasoline in a container, you should consider using an additive. I posted on this a while back, my ATV's started to run poorly. My Yamaha dealer confirmed that gasoline containing ethanol has become a huge problem for such equipment. Needles and valves on the carbs are being destroyed by the corrosive nature of Ethanol. Same with boats where the gasoline has a tendency to stay in the tank a bit longer.
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