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

On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 02:08:01 -0000, Tim wrote:

The manufacturer is suggesting that this one just needs new
hydraulic seals.


Wayne, for your sake, hope they find more wrong with it than that.
The labor is going to be high enough, but if it was mine I'd demand a
comlplete inspection.


The guys who are doing the work seem to be very, very thorough. The
manager of the shop has a terrific reputation around here. People
know about him for miles around and his guys found a problem on our
port side engine that had eluded a lot of others. Like a most other
tranny work, the biggest expense is getting it out and back in so I'm
confident they'll make every effort to get it right the first time.