Winnipesaukee Forum - View Single Post - Shep Brown's/ Goodhue is NOT Ethanol Free like they claimed!!!

BroadHopper · 10-25-2019, 05:01 PM

Everything was fine until about 2005. I started having trouble starting and the fuel lines was filled with gunk! I had to replace the gas tank, as the ethanol ate the rubber liner. Also had to replace all the fuel lines and rebuild the carbs with neoprene gasket and float valves. I even replace the inline fuel filter with a fuel filter/water separator combination that looks like an oil filter. So far everything was fine up to a few years ago. I had trouble with intake manifold pressure. I guess they didn't think about replacing the carb/manifold gasket with neoprene, ethanol ate that too! So yes ethanol is a pain if you have not retrofit your old gas delivery system. LLM has Stabil in their fuel so it's all good!

10-25-2019, 05:01 PM	#11
BroadHopper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 5,509 Thanks: 3,116 Thanked 1,089 Times in 783 Posts	1988 Formula Everything was fine until about 2005. I started having trouble starting and the fuel lines was filled with gunk! I had to replace the gas tank, as the ethanol ate the rubber liner. Also had to replace all the fuel lines and rebuild the carbs with neoprene gasket and float valves. I even replace the inline fuel filter with a fuel filter/water separator combination that looks like an oil filter. So far everything was fine up to a few years ago. I had trouble with intake manifold pressure. I guess they didn't think about replacing the carb/manifold gasket with neoprene, ethanol ate that too! So yes ethanol is a pain if you have not retrofit your old gas delivery system. LLM has Stabil in their fuel so it's all good! __________________ Someday may never be an actual day.