no old gas please.....

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no old gas please.....

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i had a misfortune last weekend........


man i had 2 5 allons thanks frome last year...so i think man,,i just save myslef 50$.yaaaaa

nono.............man as soon as i put my new thank on.........about 5 min later,,the motor start to runing hard and stop and so on.....until i change my tank for another one.....and ran great.....


i taught about the worst.for my 80 merc.....going to garage,,,, :shock: ...but no way it was only gas in the othe tank......


usely i do put some stabiliser....but dont no if i did put some in those,,,can t remember........


so all that s to say to you guys..................dont use old gas.




one more story about the same thing.......i have sombody ho just baught a brand new boat/motor............same exact thing to him happen on the ottawa river last wekend...first trip on the river...

he was going.....................the boat stop..........cant restart...... :? :x ..
he bring all the stuff back to the store........it was only water in the gas again..but the new motor as some new sensor and all so it close itself for protection........... :roll: :? ........

the motor as so mutch protection......... :x ....





so wathc for your gas..............in your boat.........by the way i use only premium gas,,,,,,,dont no if its better or not....but just in case i do....




joco,
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Hey Joco. Found this on a web site.

Q - What grade of fuel should I use in my motor?

A - Current recommendations are to use a minimum of 87 octane, 89 octane is preferred. There is no additional benefit from using higher-octane fuels, in fact they may cause hard starting conditions in hot weather. If you have an older motor and the owner's manual requires premium fuel, here's why:

When these were built, the best oil available was TCW-2 rated, and did not contain the additive package (detergents, carbon preservatives, etc.) which our current oils (XD-30, XD-50 and XD-100) contain today. In that era, premium fuel contained the additive package that helped prevent the formation of internal engine deposits. That's why premium fuels were preferred at the time. Ultimately, in the late 90's the federal government mandated fuel refiners to use the same additive package in all grades of fuel and the premium fuel requirement was dropped.
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Post by joco »

hi lunker larry..................

its been a long time no see.......... :P


thanks for this great info..................i will save some $ this summer... :wink:

so my motor is a 80 merc 1990.so dont need premium gas........yaaaaa :P


thanks again...

just regular gas...........................but NEW AN NO WATER IN IT'''''''''' :roll:


joco 8)
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