"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:27:39 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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being used for boat fuel.

I knew the stuff can deteriorate, but i didn't know it could break
down in as little as two weeks!

http://www.powerboat-world.com/Ethan...oats/61595/arc

That's a recent article based on old data.

While it doesn't have exactly the same shelf life has non-ethanol gas,
it hasn't produced the storage problems in a majority of situation
that were forecast.

Now, in areas where there are cold temperature extremes in the winter,
yeah - it's very possible that you will get phase seperation in
ethanol blends due to significant warming and cooling cycles. It seem
to be a particular problem in the border states with Canada.

Then again, I havne't heard a lot of horror stories out of Canada
about it.

They don't sell it in this province...I don't know about out west.