This is probably a post geared more for boat owners in the USA. If you own an outboard motor in the US, you better take precautions against gasoline with ethanol.
I have a boat with a 150 HP four-stroke Yamaha outboard motor on it. I just spent $450 getting the fuel injectors repaired (replaced with cleaned injectors). It turns out that the fuel treatment recommended by my dealer did nothing to prevent major issues caused by 10% ethanol in gasoline.
Symptoms of clogged fuel injectors are poor low speed performance. My motor would die when I tried to give it gas around the marina at slow speed. It just kept getting worse and finally it became dangerous because it would die when I needed to stop while docking my boat. High speed performance is not affected as much as low speed.
I am now using Sta-Bil fuel treatment in hopes of avoiding paying $450 every 100 hours to get my injectors cleaned. There is also an enzyme treatment available, but I haven't tried that one yet.
The US government wants to up the ethanol content in gasoline to 15% ethanol which will be deadly to many outboard motors. Be sure to treat your fuel and keep a quality filter on your motor if your supply of gasoline has ethanol. :shocked2:
I have a boat with a 150 HP four-stroke Yamaha outboard motor on it. I just spent $450 getting the fuel injectors repaired (replaced with cleaned injectors). It turns out that the fuel treatment recommended by my dealer did nothing to prevent major issues caused by 10% ethanol in gasoline.
Symptoms of clogged fuel injectors are poor low speed performance. My motor would die when I tried to give it gas around the marina at slow speed. It just kept getting worse and finally it became dangerous because it would die when I needed to stop while docking my boat. High speed performance is not affected as much as low speed.
I am now using Sta-Bil fuel treatment in hopes of avoiding paying $450 every 100 hours to get my injectors cleaned. There is also an enzyme treatment available, but I haven't tried that one yet.
The US government wants to up the ethanol content in gasoline to 15% ethanol which will be deadly to many outboard motors. Be sure to treat your fuel and keep a quality filter on your motor if your supply of gasoline has ethanol. :shocked2: