View Single Post
  #8 (permalink)  
Old 04-04-2011, 09:25 AM
Wayne Maybury's Avatar
Wayne Maybury Wayne Maybury is offline
Canadian Gashole
Visit my Photo Gallery

 
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Quebec, Canada, QC
Cobra Make, Engine: Johnex 427 S/C, 351W, 472 HP, 444 lbs. torque
Posts: 2,455
Not Ranked     
Default

I have a 15 year old 8HP Mercury 2 stroke outboard on my dingy. I never had a lick of trouble with that motor until I put some E10 in it 2 or 3 years ago. First off the gas pickup tube inside the gas tank fell apart and the primer bulb in the gas line was also attacked. So I had to buy a new gas tank and a new primer but that was not the end of my problems. The crap from the rotten rubber kept plugging up the fuel filter and some actually got into the carb. I must have removed the carb and filter 6 or 7 times before I finally got all of the junk cleaned out. Now a small primer diaphram in the carb has been attacked so I have to change that.

Wayne
__________________
Don't get caught dead, sitting on your seat belt.
Reply With Quote