My outboard mechanic told me something very similar recently. He recommended "no more then six months". Could this really be true? If so, the Coast Guard is going to be mighty busy rescuing sport fishermen next season. Jim M17 "Spirit" On Oct 18, 2008, at 8:14 PM, larrypegg@aol.com wrote:
My motorcycle mech said that the Gas we get now is luck to last a month.? He said the stuff they us is not like the Old days when you could leave it all winter and just add some new and go.? Maybe it's a sign of the times???
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Larry Pegg
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-----Original Message----- From: Joe Murphy <seagray@embarqmail.com> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 8:02 am Subject: M_Boats: Yellow flem in my fuel line
I have found something I can't explain. I have a brand new Tohatsu 6 with a brand new tank and brand new fuel line. The last two times I took Seafrog out, I had trouble pumping fuel to the engine. I disconnected the fuel line from the engine, pushed in the springloaded release and pumped. Nada. Then I disconnected it at the tank thinking the fuel pickup wasn't down into the fuel. That's when I saw this yellow thick flem in the pickup tube. I shook it out and replaced the fuel line into the tank. I pumped the bulb while holding in the springloaded valve and it pumped out more of this yuck. The gas is fresh. Is there a possibility that this is an ethanol issue? Joe Seafrog M-17
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