[Rhodes22-list] Ethanol problems

[Bauman, Steven W. (GRC-LMT0)]

I just bought Av Gas (100LL) from our local airport (Port Clinton, Ohio) for our Power Paraglider (which is single cylinder, 2-stroke, and 24 hp.).  The cost just was just under $5 per gallon.  Avgas is really nice stuff.  It does not have nearly the smell that typical car gas has and it seems to have a very long shelf life.  We just flew our PPG on fuel that was at least 2.5 years old.  I have not used it for my outboard motor, but it might be a very good solution.  Last year I barely used one full 4 gallon tank for the whole summer.

Steve on Sandusky Bay, Marblehead, Ohio



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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<mailto: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
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