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fiddlersgreen6
Joined: 20 Dec 2003 Posts: 217 City/Region: Riverside, Ca. & Melbourne Beach, Fl.
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 1991
C-Dory Model: 16 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Don Quixote
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Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 5:49 pm Post subject: Ethanol <vs> fiberglass tanks |
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Hello--- Does anyone have any information on the problems of using Ethanol in older fiberglass gas tanks? Ethanol apparently eats at the resin in these older tanks, gets through your filter without a problem and causes some major problems to your engine. I notice throughout the U.S. more and more stations are adding a 10% Ethanol content and sometimes you don't really notice the small sign indicating this on the pumps until you have filled up. Apparently there was a recently published report regarding this problem. Rich |
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Sea Wolf
Joined: 01 Nov 2003 Posts: 8650 City/Region: Redding
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 1987
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Sea Wolf
Photos: Sea Wolf
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Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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Rich-
To my knowledge, the topic has never come up here. Also, there are no C-Dorys with fiberglass tanks, unless they're custom models.
Here's all that I can find, the first page or so of atricles on exactly the topic:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=ethanol+and+fiberglass+gas+tanks&btnG=Google+Search
Let us know what you find out!
Joe. _________________ Sea Wolf, C-Brat #31
Lake Shasta, California
"Most of my money I spent on boats and women. The rest I squandered'. " -Annonymous
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C-Green
Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 310 City/Region: Houghton
State or Province: MI
C-Dory Year: 2002
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: C-Green
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Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 8:52 pm Post subject: ethanol |
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Rich,
This link, puts you at a web site that details the making and modifying of a kit boat that more or less became a C-Dory. I've linked the page that starts the builder's discussion on ethanol and glassed tanks; sounds dlcey. Jay
p.s. Mr. Nerd please make the link work, as I am clueless, maybe.
Link fixed by Mr. Nerd |
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rogerbum
Joined: 21 Nov 2004 Posts: 5922 City/Region: Kenmore
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2008
C-Dory Model: 255 Tomcat
Vessel Name: Meant to be
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Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 9:44 pm Post subject: Re: ethanol |
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_________________ Roger on Meant to be |
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MichaelOnTheClaraMae
Joined: 30 Oct 2003 Posts: 121 City/Region: Charleston
State or Province: SC
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 9:11 am Post subject: |
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Go Roger... I am in the software business and didn't catch that. _________________ Michael |
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fiddlersgreen6
Joined: 20 Dec 2003 Posts: 217 City/Region: Riverside, Ca. & Melbourne Beach, Fl.
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 1991
C-Dory Model: 16 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Don Quixote
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the imput--- I received an e-mail this am. that apparently Boat U.S. is making a study of this problem, so it maybe worse than I had orginally thought . They are asking anyone with any information to contact them at cfort@boatus.com
The opinion is that this problem is only affecting fiberglass tanks from the mid 80's, I'm still wondering about newer tanks that haven't had enough exposure to Ethanol up to this time, or possibly even the plastic portable tanks.
Rich-- |
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C-Green
Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 310 City/Region: Houghton
State or Province: MI
C-Dory Year: 2002
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: C-Green
Photos: C-Green
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:21 pm Post subject: ethenol |
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Roger,
Thanks for the link fix. I will try to watch my space(s) better in the future.
Jay |
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fiddlersgreen6
Joined: 20 Dec 2003 Posts: 217 City/Region: Riverside, Ca. & Melbourne Beach, Fl.
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 1991
C-Dory Model: 16 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Don Quixote
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 6:02 am Post subject: |
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Apparently there was also a recent article in the Log Newspaper, about this problem. Not sure of the exact date. -- Rich |
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Sea Wolf
Joined: 01 Nov 2003 Posts: 8650 City/Region: Redding
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 1987
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Sea Wolf
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:11 am Post subject: |
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fiddlersgreen6-
Do you have fiberglass tanks in another older boat? If you have plastic ones in the CD-16, they're polyethylene, not fiberglass. From all the articles, the fiberglass tanks have gto be from the early 80's or earlier to have problems. We've had ethanol (and MBTE, of course, until recently) out here on the left coast for years but apparently w/o problems in our larger boats. ????? |
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