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Location: Hugo, MN | Almost every station store in the Twin Cities is selling ethanol mix. You'll have to do a search for gas stations that sell non-ethanol gasoline. I know there's one in Lake Elmo and a few more around town, but it's hard to find one when you need it. As far as the four strokes being ok with the ethanol, that's not exactly true. In fact, the four strokes are more prone to the effects since they use fuel injectors which will plug easily when the ethanol starts to break down in storage. I had a buddy just spend four hundred bucks getting his injectors cleaned on a 60 horse Yammie Four Stroke. He had bought the boat in December from a guy who said he hadn't used the boat much that last year. I'm thinking not much meant not at all. The next spring he goes to run it and it won't fire much over idle. We tried running Sea Foam directly into the fuel line at the motor, then letting it soak, but it made little difference. The injectors had to be removed and soaked in some heavy duty stuff, then blown out until they sprayed properly. Quite a mess and it should have never happened. Now he's only running the non-ethanol stuff and hasn't had any problems since. |
