[Rhodes22-list] Ethanol problems

[marlangreen at gmail.com]

Hi, I just want to pop in here to say that I use Aviation Gas from my local
small airport in Edgewater, MD for my Mercury Outboard. It is ethanol free
and I think pretty much any small local airport has it and will sell it to
anyone. It is more expensive $7 to $11 a gallon.

I suspect this is very much like the Racing Gas mentioned in an earlier
post.

So, if you can't find a nearby ethanol-free gas station try your local
airport.

(If I understand correctly, small airplanes really don't like ethanol in
their gas. I think it causes them to stop working and thus endangers the
lives of their passengers. :-)

Marlan Green
s/v Nautisuarus
Mayo, MD
Rhode River


On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:

> Rick,
>
> What the heck is a diagram carburetor? Never heard the term. Maybe
> diaphragm? I've never heard of that on an outboard either. Is it an option
> on some outboards? Or aftermarket?
>
> Does the design change the idle jets as well? That seems to be some of the
> issue with the ethanol gas.
>
> If that fixes the problem with ethanol gas, how come we're not all using
> them? Would seem a lot easier than trundling all over the place searching
> for ethanol free. There would be a good market for them here in Maryland
> and Delaware where ethanol free gas is pretty scarce.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mary Lou
>
> Rosborough RF-246 Tara
>
> ex- Rhodes 22
>
>
>
>
> On 6/19/2017 1:36 PM, Rick wrote:
>
>> Oh, the folly of bowl carburetors!  All this talk of disconnecting fuel
>> lines and adding additives to prevent deposits accumulating in bowls puts
>> one more check mark in the pro column of diagram carburetors.
>>
>> I've always paid the premium for diagram carburetors in my outboards
>> because they run steady through the waves.  The only residue problems I've
>> had is cleaning goo off the spark plugs.  But with the advent of
>> "gasohol",
>> the goo is gone and only dry carbon black needs cleaning at the end of the
>> season.
>>
>> Rick
>> __________________________________________________
>> To subscribe/unsubscribe go to http://www.rhodes22.org/mailma
>> n/listinfo/rhodes22-list
>>
>> For the list Charter and help with using the mailing list and archives go
>> to http://www.rhodes22.org/list
>> __________________________________________________
>>
>>
>
> ---
> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
> https://www.avast.com/antivirus
>
> __________________________________________________
> To subscribe/unsubscribe go to http://www.rhodes22.org/mailma
> n/listinfo/rhodes22-list
>
> For the list Charter and help with using the mailing list and archives go
> to http://www.rhodes22.org/list
> __________________________________________________
>