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Old 10-09-2006, 06:40   #288
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both boat (outboard) engines are carbuerated - the issue is that even with sta-bil, the ETOH gums the nozzles and leaves gunk at the lowest points in the carb, and in the lowest lines in the fuel system - nasty stuff. Even the mechanics hate the new fuel, it creates lots of repetitive work.... What happens is that the4 ETOH evaoprates in the system leaving some of its organic components behind which causes the carbon in the gasoline to gel - not completely unlike cold weather gelling of diesel, but harder to get rid of, heat won't do it, because of the organic recompounding - you need a solvent to break it out.
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