Outboard engine fuel best practices

[Jimmyt]

Don’t think I’ll be using scotch to clean my fuel. I don’t like water in my scotch, much less gasoline.... or do you have some recipe for stripping the water and residual gas out of the scotch to restore drinkability? Not sure even Highlander would drink it afterward though.

[dive4it]

I always use non ethanol fuel ..... if u don't have a place close to you like in my case where i live now .... I have to make my own non ethanol fuel.... it's actually super simple to do and requires very little expenses or time .... in essence you will have to order a clear plastic 5 gal jug with a screw on plastic cap from eBay....i believe I paid 15 bux for one..... You fill it with 93 octane pump gas then add a 2 liter of water that you added a few drops of black food coloring to it so it turns black and u dump that black colored water into the gas....mix it well and in the screw on cap u will poke a tiny tiny hole where a tooth pick can stop up the hole and mix the water and gas together then let it sit over night the black colored water will suck up the ethanol and you will see a black layer separated out and at the bottom.....pull the toothpick out and drain till all the black fluid is out .....
You will find u put 2 liters of fluid in approx 3 liters comes out....pure non ethanol fuel from pump gas

I used to do something very similar to this but found the octane was much lower than the original 92 that I started with. I think it relies on the craponal to up the octane to advertised amount. Correct me if I'm wrong. I now have the luxury of a commercial card for cardlock stations around town that pumps 92 non-ethinol so it's no longer a problem.

JT

[Herschel]

I always use non ethanol fuel ..... if u don't have a place close to you like in my case where i live now .... I have to make my own non ethanol fuel.... it's actually super simple to do and requires very little expenses or time .... in essence you will have to order a clear plastic 5 gal jug with a screw on plastic cap from eBay....i believe I paid 15 bux for one..... You fill it with 93 octane pump gas then add a 2 liter of water that you added a few drops of black food coloring to it so it turns black and u dump that black colored water into the gas....mix it well and in the screw on cap u will poke a tiny tiny hole where a tooth pick can stop up the hole and mix the water and gas together then let it sit over night the black colored water will suck up the ethanol and you will see a black layer separated out and at the bottom.....pull the toothpick out and drain till all the black fluid is out .....
You will find u put 2 liters of fluid in approx 3 liters comes out....pure non ethanol fuel from pump gas

I used to do something very similar to this but found the octane was much lower than the original 92 that I started with. I think it relies on the craponal to up the octane to advertised amount. Correct me if I'm wrong. I now have the luxury of a commercial card for cardlock stations around town that pumps 92 non-ethinol so it's no longer a problem.

JT

Don't know if you have WaWa stores in your area, but in our part of the country they are a good source of non-ethanol gas. Not every station, but many.