[Rhodes22-list] HP for motor

[Leland]

I use stabilizer too and have never run the gas out of my 2000 9.9 Merc that
I got used from Stan in 2004.

Lee

Blue Heron wrote:
> 
> Ron,
> 
> If you add some stabilizer to your gas, you won't need to waste time
> running
> out your fuel each time, then pumping up for the next time.
> 
> Rick
> 
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Ron Kaye <ronkaye343 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> David,
>>
>> We have a relatively new Merc 9.9 "Bigfoot" extra long shaft.  It is a
>> big,
>> heavy, powerful motor with a high-thrust prop.  At, I believe, 115 lbs it
>> is
>> heavy.  The lift-assist is essential and if that thing breaks it will be
>> difficult.  The main reason for getting this motor is that I wanted the
>> extra long shaft.  We will be sticking our nose out of the mouth of
>> the Potomac into the bay and that area can produce some steep and
>> difficult
>> waves.  I know this from experience 20 years ago with a 27' sailboat in
>> that
>> area and the prop was airborne again and again and that made things more
>> difficult and stressful than necessary.  I didn't want any more of that.
>> It
>> may be overkill but I just don't like the pospect of the prop bouncing
>> out
>> of the water.  I would have taken an 8 HP but it wasn't available in the
>> extra-long shaft.  Also, the mercs are all designed now to run on up to
>> 10%
>> ethanol.  That was a problem for the Yamaha 9.9 we had which was
>> eventually
>> stolen though it wasn't in good health.
>>
>> We have only had it running a couple months but so far it is behaving
>> well.  We have no problems with it operating at slow enough speed to
>> maneuver (in forward) and if we want, it revs up and pushes the boat
>> along
>> briskly.  It starts like a charm (well, its new).   The only problems
>> with
>> it are 1: it is heavy, and 2: the throttle tends to rev up too easily in
>> reverse, it kicks up a bit and I am a bit nervous at times that it could
>> damage the mount so I have to be extra-extra careful when using reverse
>> gear.
>> I picked up a tip from this list about disconnecting the fuel line and
>> running the fuel out of the engine when we shut down.  I had not done
>> that
>> before but with all the problems we had with the fuel system for the
>> Yamaha,
>> I always do that now.
>>
>> Ron and Lisa
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