On Jan 31, 1:42*pm, Frogwatch wrote:
Obamas EPA has ruled that refiners can be forced to produce 15%
ethanol fuel. *Of course, this will destroy many existing engines,
Just try to find ethanol free fuel. *Even at marinas it is not often
available. *Not only will this destroy engines, it will kill people
whose boat fuel systems leak due to the ethanol, another case of WTF
for Obama.

Obama or not, I started a thread about this sometime ago and this does
concern me about the use of the new 15% blend ethanol in two cycle
engines. I have a sea horse 85 hp v-4 and a 115 hp v-4 as a spare. for
my pontoon boat, but that's beside the point at this venture. What I'm
concerned about is there are other uses for 2 cycle engines and in the
winter I use a variety of chainsaws. My local stations still sell the
straight petroleum and though watered down ( 87 octane) they do well
with the oil/fuel mixture. But even the best blends of 2 cycle oil
don't mix well with the ethanol, thus you can ruin a chainsaw or weed-
eater or older outboard rather quickly.

If the 15% blend does become standard, I'm not sure how the 2 stroke
companies will be dealing with it, but I guess we'll find out. the 4
cycle marine engines shouldn't have any problem with it though.