thanks for the list, Tyler. There is one in Corpus Christi, about 35 miles from me. Tom B On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Tyler Backman <casioqv@usermail.com> wrote:
Ethanol free gasoline is rare nowadays- the website pure-gas.org lists ethanol free gas stations, but there aren't any within a large radius of where I live.
If your local small plane airport will sell you gas in a can, avgas and mogas are ethanol free gasolines sold for small air cooled airplane engines.
Newer outboards run fine on ethanol as long as it's kept in a sealed container so it can't absorb moisture from the air. Older outboards will often experience rubber failures on ethanol.
I have had good luck running vintage 2-stroke outboards on 10% ethanol fuel, after replacing every seal, line, and rubber part in the fuel system with new parts, which are now formulated to be ethanol tolerant... and always storing the gasoline in my garage, in an airtight container, with fuel stabilizer.
On a small gravity fed outboard this "ethanol conversion" is likely as simple as replacing the fuel line, fuel shutoff valve, and possibly fuel filler cap seal. External tank motors will need a new fuel pump as well.
Tyler Davis, CA M15 #157 "Defiant"