Fuel Treatment???

[Justbass11]

Ok so I am at the ramp talking to someone about boats and how the fishing was and he made a statement about not putting fuel treatment in the gas because it will ruin the engine??? Has anyone heard about this??? I thought that you wanted to treat your fuel to help save your outboard. Anyway thanks for your input. 

[jbmaine]

Never heard of fuel treatment ruining an engine, but have heard plenty of stories of old gas screwing one up. I have used Star- Tron in all my engines for years and never had a problem.

[ww2farmer]

That person was full of it.

 

My motor has seen a steady diet of 1/2 a can of seafoam, once a month, for 10+ years (small 4 stroke motor,small gas tank) and it's fine. I don't always have easy access to non ethanol gas, and use the sea foam to deal with any potential moisture issues. During damp periods of weather, I will often use the whole can, and I make sure every time I gas up from Oct. - the end of the season, I have treated gas in the tank.

 

In fact the only time I did have issues was when I forgot to add  sea foam before I put it away for the winter. The next spring, my motor ran like crap until I used up the non-treated gas, and could get some sea foam treated gas into the system.

[flatcreek]

Yep, full of it.

[WRB]

2 million people believe the world is flat.

Tom

[NHBull]

The marinas on my lake all advetise adding startron or other additives to their gas.

[38 Super Fan]

Like all anglers you meet at the ramp...he is full of crap.

[Log Catcher]

I always add fuel treatment in time I get gas in the the boat to stop ethanol problems. I am currently using Quickare fuel treatment made by Quicksilver. I found it at Walmart. I have never tried Sea foam.

[Fishing Rhino]

2 hours ago, 38 Super Fan said:

Like all anglers you meet at the ramp...he is full of crap.

I'll have to remember that if I ever meet you at a ramp. 

[grampa1114]

3 hours ago, 38 Super Fan said:

Like all anglers you meet at the ramp...he is full of crap.

And just where, exactly, is this boat ramp you go to? 

[slonezp]

3 hours ago, 38 Super Fan said:

Like all anglers you meet at the ramp...he is full of crap.

I resemble that remark

[Fishing Rhino]

1 hour ago, grampa1114 said:

And just where, exactly, is this boat ramp you go to? 

 

1 hour ago, grampa1114 said:

And just where, exactly, is this boat ramp you go to? 

Not to worry.  We always use the valet parking services.

 

That and using a caterer makes for a nice day on the water.

[Justbass11]

I have been using “Quickare” by Mercury and have used sea foam before. What I didn’t know was that the world was flat....interesting 

[grampa1114]

27 minutes ago, Fishing Rhino said:

 

Not to worry.  We always use the valet parking services.

 

That and using a caterer makes for a nice day on the water.

And much less crap at the ramp.

 

All seriousness aside....Justbass11 the more "stuff" you put into your gas tank, the better your chances of developing clogs of materials that just don't mix together. So fish a lot and burn a lot of fresh gas and you'll be just fine. 

[RHuff]

I always use premium (or highest available octane) gas and seafoam in my Mercury 2-Stroke and it runs great. 

[NHBull]

Corn in the gas has been a life line to ailing marinas. In some it accounts for 30% of their business, especially if it was stored in their tanks over the winter.  Newer mothers handle it better, but old ones, not so much. Still can’t believe we think it’s a good idea to run motors on a food sorce

[gim]

Maybe he was talking about only using ethanol-free fuel?  If that was the case, then a fuel treatment woudln't be necessary.  I only use ethanol-free premium so there's no need to add fuel treatment.

[boostr]

New motors or even older motors don't need it if your going thru tanks of fuel year round, but up north you want it when you store the boat for the winter.

[tav]

been treating my 2 , 18 gal tanks but how much is to much? if you put more in the prescribed.

[Goldstar225]

I use only ethanol free gas and treat it with stabil.  I'll occasionally run a can of seafoam to keep the carbs or injectors clean in my outboards and lawn equipment.  I've been doing this routine for many, many years with no fuel related problems.

[BigAngus752]

On 4/22/2018 at 9:42 AM, WRB said:

2 million people believe the world is flat.

Tom

This is true, though.  Have you ever seen a map?  Totally flat.  

[WRB]

13 minutes ago, BigAngus752 said:

This is true, though.  Have you ever seen a map?  Totally flat.  

2,000,001

[TOXIC]

I have an engineer buddy who firmly believes that all additives are snake-oil.  He studies all of the MSDS sheets and debunks every one including the most popular.  With that being said, I still run Yamaha Ring Free to help with the carbon and Sta-bil when the boat is going to sit.  Non corn gas is just not available to me and I run mid grade to help with detonation.  Keeping in mind that if your fuel phase separates, there is no miracle in a can that can reverse that and you are going to have to get it out of your tank.  Key is to not let that happen.  

[NHBull]

3 minutes ago, TOXIC said:

I have an engineer buddy who firmly believes that all additives are snake-oil.  He studies all of the MSDS sheets and debunks every one including the most popular.  With that being said, I still run Yamaha Ring Free to help with the carbon and Sta-bil when the boat is going to sit.  Non corn gas is just not available to me and I run mid grade to help with detonation.  Keeping in mind that if your fuel phase separates, there is no miracle in a can that can reverse that and you are going to have to get it out of your tank.  Key is to not let that happen.  

And I can't understand for the life of my why fuel/water separators are not standard  on new boats

[TOXIC]

2 minutes ago, NHBull said:

And I can't understand for the life of my why fuel/water separators are not standard  on new boats

Depends on the motor.  My Mercury had one built into the fuel system and was located on the side of the motor.  Mercury specifically advises not to add any additional filters.  My Yamaha has an oil filter size water seperator built into the fuel lines and mounted in the bilge.  It's an annual change out.  I am getting ready to go to Wisconsin on an annual fishing trip and just did the filter change on my motor.  There was a little water in the separator (but not enough to set off the alarm) and one of the filters, so we did a fuel sample and it came out good.