yes, first hand, had a tour boat, powered by twin 25 hp yamahas., carborated. Non ethonol fuel will , without a doubt, screw them up. Go with injected motors, and ONLY burn Non ehtonol fuel. Period. In a message dated 2/2/2012 5:21:20 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
On 02/02/2012 1:54 PM, Philip wrote: Hi All, We are contemplating replacing our twin diesels with a 15 HP Honda 4 stroke. Weight considerations on our small cat and unavailability of parts for our worn out 25 YO sail drives are at the core of our decision. However i am really concerned about the adulteration of gasoline with ethanol. Problems I have heard about include short storage life and, with the higher ethanol content blend E20, engine problems. Honda specifically states that their warranty will not apply if over 10% ethanol blend is used. We are planing a cruise to the Med and I fear the worst on the fuel front. Any first hand info on the subject? Storage life? Additives? Tank and fuel line considerations? Thanks -- S/V ORYOKI Philip & Marilyn Lange AE4OV KD4JRC Currently on the hill - Beaufort NC "There's no point in making a plan if you're not going to pretend to follow it!" Phil I would suggest A Tohatsu 15, The quality is the same and in a much more reasonable price. Easier to service. As for ethanol there is not much in Europe. We use corn for food not fuel. But to be in the safe side use Sta-Bil etanol treatment. -- Yanni@ Service Pisces Marine 669 Third Line Oakville On L6L4A9 905-827-4384 _www.piscesmarine.ca_ (http://www.piscesmarine.ca/) Tohatsu-Nissan-Mercury-Honda DURAS Inflatables & Repairs S/V Princess Thalia Columbia 8.7 #73 Port Dalhousie Pier Marina Slip A-42 _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives htt p://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
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