Boaters sue about ethanol tainted fuel

[mikea]

Something was wrong with Sally Ann. ¶ For months, she sputtered and choked, ...¶ Disaster struck on a summer day in San Diego, when Treahy's beloved 20-foot fishing boat was parked street side with the outer hull plug open to drain any residual water. The boat's 55-gallon gas tank failed and gasoline streamed into the bilge and down the street. ¶ "I wasn't smart enough to figure it out at first," Treahy said of Sally Ann's chronic troubles. Finally, he found the answer in a boating magazine. Ethanol-laced gasoline was dissolving his boat's fiberglass fuel tank, sending bits of resin to clog filters and ultimately eating a hole all the way through the tank. ¶


http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/la-fi-boat15apr15,0,373496.story

Maybe plane owners with auto fuel STCs should join in the lawsuit.

 

[KennyFlys]

Blame it on the idiots in office requiring it to placate the morons demanding it.

 

[ScottM]

Blame it on the idiots in office requiring it to placate the morons demanding it.

Add to that the Ethanol lobby. I hear that Tony Soprano has an interest in their operation

 

[KennyFlys]

Add to that the Ethanol lobby. I hear that Tony Soprano has an interest in their operation

Some aspects of the farming industry are certrainly reaching mob proportions.

 

[Pi1otguy]

Isn't this just a rite of passage for aging engines? First the woes of unleaded MoGas. Then in the 90's the woes of MTBE (cleaner air additive) eating natural rubber hoses in older cars and MTBE being difficult to filter out of ground water. And now its ethanol. I'd imagine that new boats don't have these problems, but just like old autos needing new hoses, they'll need a retrofit to accept the current fuels available.