Hi there, I can't really say anything about the possible harm that ethenol may cause to your 350's, but I do know that it is eating up the carburetors on outboard motors. I worked for a time for a shop servicing outboards, primarily Nissans, and saw a lot of that. I think it depends a lot on the material the carbs are made of. To go a ways to the other side of the spectrum, this refers to race engines. The only way to make a fuel system bullet-proof, that runs alchohol, would be to use stainless steel fuel lines in place of the normal fuel lines. Even with that, the carburetor is still in trouble. People racing with alchohol fuel would usually flush their systems to help stop the chemical reactions that alchohol starts with most carburetor metals. There are additives available that can be added to gas that help protect fuel systems and some work really well. The problem is that they aren't necessarily marine approved and their combustion by-products are harmful to marine life. Using these additives can result in a big hand-slap from the coast guard if caught. Whatever you decide to use, make sure that it is marine approved. I, personally, like Lucas products.
Hope this might help, Jack On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 9:24 AM, james clark <[email protected]> wrote: > hi. I have a 1978 34' uniflite with 350 motors. I have heard that the > gas with ethylene or what ever it is will harm wy motors. I am 68 and this > new stuff in the gas is nuts. Please let me know what i can do. thank you > > > > > -- Jack Smith [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/UnifliteWorld?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
