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Default Rumor of Ethanol causing older outboard engines to 'blow up'?

Will-

Probably not today's motor, but I was using a Suzuki DT140 (1985) that
was rebuilt and after 2nd weekend..it blew... The repair guy is telling
me it is either oil injector did not work or it self overheated and
froze. Its hard to get a 2nd opinion when I work 7 to 5 everyday and
not a lot of outboard shops open on weekends.

G

William Andersen wrote:
Nonsense.
"Gil" wrote in message
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How much truth should this be?

I got a service guy telling me that now the Govt mandates that Ethanol is
added to gasoline. The guy was telling me at certain percentage is too
much for the outboard engines that causes the head/piston to fail.

What do you think?

G