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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | kjgmh - 3/30/2019 10:53 AM
I really hope that people do some of their own research on this and not just take what one person claims as the truth. I see 300+ outboards a year. I have seen first hand issues that ethanol can cause. Ethanol is corrosive and attracts water, I don't care how that is spun, neither is a good thing. Yes, your components maybe E10 compatible, but that doesn't mean that it is good for them.
Ethanol does NOT 'attract' water and is far less corrosive than many of the chemicals blended with today's gasoline. That's a basis in fact that will lead you to the actual cause of the issues you are referring to. Once one acknowledges that fact the rest falls into line with an understanding of the chemicals now used in gasoline. Name them, please. Especially the solvent used to dissolve rubber.
In the meantime I'll get a list made after speaking with the gasoline specialists we have contacted, what each does on it's own and when blended with petrochemicals. |
