On 2007-04-03 12:33:28 -0400, Peter Hendra said:

On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:15:02 GMT, Charlie Morgan
wrote:

On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 09:47:55 -0400, Peter Hendra
wrote:

in the back of my mind I seem to recall hearing that the mixed oil and
petrol fuel as is used in outboards "ages"

Can anyone advise as to whether this is correct?

cheers,
Peter

Yes, it does.

CWM
Charlie,
Are you able to give an idea of the time factor please

History won't help us much in the US, because they're adding ethanol
and that's causing all sorts of problems.

My friends run their outboards dry in the fall, then add small amounts
of what's left over from the season to their cars' tanks. Don't do that
just before you go for an emissions test, of course, but they report no
problems.

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