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Old 08-15-2009, 11:43 AM   #1
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FWIW: I'm a big skeptic when it comes to "Miracle" solutions to solving 'Mechanical" problems caused by Ethanol in the gas. In this case, the Ethanol we are being forced to live with in the fuel we use in vehicles and machines that remain Stored for six months or more at a time, and even then may not be used on a regular basis... "In Season".

A friend of mine has a 23 year old Honda Gold Wing (motorcycle) that gets used "maybe" 200 miles a year. He has been using "Star-Tron" additive in the gas for quite some time now and the MC runs fine. I have not been so lucky with my own 19 year old Yamaha Venture (motorcycle) using Sta-Bil. In my case the MC runs fine ABOVE 2500 RPM..but won't idle. Low speed jets probably "gummed up". BIG Pain to get the Carbs out of the bike. Carb kits hard to find for a 19 year old MC.

SO: I'm going to try the Star-Tron in the boat which had it's first outing yesterday, using the last of the NON Ethanol gas I got at Fay's last season.

Below is a link to the Star-Tron website. There's a lot of "Razzle Dazzle" in the article which a Chem Major might enjoy but not much for a "Regular" person, but I thought I would link to it anyway for your reading pleasure. If anyone has any Info from a source that isn't Selling a product, which might be in plain English, I'd like to see it. NB


http://mystarbrite.com/startron//con...14/37/lang,en/
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