Ethanol Gas Question

I have been buying all my gas at Chevron stations here in Warner Robins for my boat and my trucks and cars. One of the Chevron owners (Mr. Bob) at the Chevron by Shakey's on N. Houston Drive told me he does not have gas with no Ethanol in it anymore. I had noticed where he had posted the stickers 10% Ethanol. He told me that they passed a law that all gas has to have Ethanol in it. The other Chevron station I go to in Centerville on Elberta Road states their gas is Ethanol free and they don't have the stickers. Does anybody know if that is true that all gas has to have Ethanol in it? If it is true it is going to be harder on boat motors. Thanks, Wes

I heard a few months ago that Non Ethanol is going to be a thing of the past, although I know some places still have it. One place between Cordele and Albany just recently started carrying non ethanol gas...Not sure what the laws actually are or how long non ethanol gas is gonna last.

I heard that it will soon be 15% INSTEAD OF THE b.s 10% WE HAVE NOW and the motor warnity only covers the 10%. They sell non-ethanol gas on the lake, cost a little more but worth it.

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Originally Posted by DENNIS WILLIS

I heard that it will soon be 15% INSTEAD OF THE b.s 10% WE HAVE NOW and the motor warnity only covers the 10%. They sell non-ethanol gas on the lake, cost a little more but worth it.

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This is true.

If you buy gas for your boat make sure you put Sta-bill marine in the gas. You never know what these folks are really doing.

Obama may want to make sure that we cannot feed ourselves?????? Well, I still have a paddle boat and I will show his butt.......

Darn politicians can't stand it they always gotta mess up something. For ya'll's info there is 3 stations that I know of that sells ethanol free gas and one is the store right across from the theater on Hwy 280 in Cordele. Another station is named "Fast Stop" that is located across the road from the city hall which is located on the north end of town on Hwy 41. The last one that I know of is "Evans Outdoors" that is located on the west side of Cordele on Hwy 280.

If the government has anything to do with anything you can rest assured that it will be screwed up for sure!!!!

I will not defend a politician to save my life but this crap came from the E.P.A long before any congress and others. There was a chemical used in gas that some where in California they decided that it caused cancer in the illegal's or something but they outlawed it, long story short the only way to make the octane rating was to pour in ethenol. Now come the crooks on capital hill, someone whom is in the ethenol industry wants more of the pie and "Hey we need to make the public use more, now it's 15 % instead of 10%, but they are finding that the 15% blend kills things, not just outboards and the last I read is that 10% blend will always be avalible and yes you must run an ethenol treatment stabilizer ALL the time to keep it from killing all our motors. I deal with this every day, and as time goes on without teratment it will only get worse. If you look at a co-op for farmers they still have leaded gas for off road use and the last I checked there aren't many roads on the lakes. JMHO

some time i think the dealer uses that for excuses . i run ethonal sinse it has ben out and haven`t had a probablem . have 2 weedeaters same brand had probablems and that was supose to be the reason the carbs wan`t work . the 3rd after 2 years still going same gass .my 1979 evinrude still running with no probablems .

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Originally Posted by papasage

some time i think the dealer uses that for excuses . i run ethonal sinse it has ben out and haven`t had a probablem . have 2 weedeaters same brand had probablems and that was supose to be the reason the carbs wan`t work . the 3rd after 2 years still going same gass .my 1979 evinrude still running with no probablems .

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Said the same thing about 4 months ago. Since then, I have had to overhaul the entire fuel system on my boat from tank thru engine. It is bad crap, especially if you do not have the hoses suited for the ethanol to begin with.

for what it is worth. natural rubber lines will rot with ethanol. this after replacing fuel lines in chain saws, weed eaters. so farnoboat motors. dealership says the best thing is to drain out the linesif the item is not going to beused for awhile

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Here's a couple of pics and the story. Customer came in said pick up in tank must be bad because at 1/2 tank motor dies runs out of gas, he adds gas and it ran fine. After checking the pick up I was trying to change the in-line fuel filter and found the fuel line extremely soft where it was routed below the pickup which means that fuel sat in this area all the time. Filter was full of rubber, and electric pump would not build presure, pump also had chunks of rubber in it , total repair with a new fuel pump and everything else about $600.00 bucks. When ask he said he never added anything to the gas, even when he did his own winterization, and only bought gas at the same station (Boat was on a private lake without a fuel dock) and he said that about 3 years ago that station put stickers on the pumps for 10% ethenol. So everyone can take it for what it's worth , this fuel line was 9 years old and it was bad in a 4 foot section where fuel seemed to lay in it all the time. This hose was soft enough that I could squeeze a braided hard wall fuel line completely closed with finger and thumb, and these hoses are supposed to be very stiff and crush resistant. I myself I use Stable for ethenol in my boats, rather be safe than sorry.

Good info! Thanks for the post.

Thanks everybody for the info. I have been using the Marine Sta-bil since I seen it at Bass Pro. I have been buying my gas from the Chevron that says their gas is still ethanol free. I am leery now if there is ethanol free gas readly available except on the lake. I wonder if there is a test kit that is reasonably priced that you can buy to check gas for ethanol. I will probably Google for a test kit and then I will know if the gas stations are lying or not. It sure looks like it will cost us all money over the long run. Ethanol ate up the pick up on my last boat but it was just a external 6 gallon gas tank so it only cost me about 40 dollars or so and I was back in business. I have a new boat and I sure hate to mess up the gas system in it because it will be expensive to fix. I will continue to use marine Sta-bil and hope for the best. Thanks for the comments, Wes

hey if i put the sta bil (marine) in my gas that claims to be ethonal free just in case it isn't ethonal free will that Mess anything up?

No it won't hurt anything, any stabil is better than none and ethenol treatment stabil will not harm anything if there isn't ethenol in the gas but I doubt if it is totally ethenol free.