Well, I guess I am lucky. I just remembered something. About 3 months
ago I bought a 1988 Lincoln Town Car from a guy who has a
collection of older cars. It had been sitting in his garage for
well over a year ... maybe a couple of years ... unused. He had
removed the battery for use in another car. We put a new battery
in it and after a few cranks it started up and ran fine. Car had
half a tank of regular gas in it (E-10). Since then I've put close
to 1,000 miles on it in around town driving. Obviously the old gas
is now long gone but the car ran and continues to run perfectly.
Not sure I buy all the horror stories of E-10.
The story is a car tank (since the 70s) is not vented like a boat or a
mower. It is not as likely to collect moisture.
I am not convinced it is as bad as people say but there are plenty of
anecdotes in the boating community about problems, including from the
dealer mechanics who clean up the messes.
I do think these things can take on a life of their own and every bad
thing gets blamed on ethanol.. Heat and humidity will be a bigger
issue here tho, particularly near the water.
I agree with the boat problems. I think the boating industry was caught
with their pants down when ethanol was introduced and probably didn't
fully understand what the material compatability issues are.
I just mentioned in another reply post to you about Yellowfin. I knew a
dealer for their boats up here and remember them having some problems
with the built-in fiberglass gas tanks. The ethanol was reacting with
the resin they used. The problem was short-lived and Yellowfin fixed
the few boats that had problems.
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