What type of Gas are you running in your boat?

[Julian]

As the title says....what type of gas are you using in your boat (mostly) and reply with why if you have an opinion on it! You can choose 2 if you use more than one.

 

[captrhon]

I am running 93 Oct No Ethanol. plus a booster.

 

[jcyamaharider]

I use 87 with E10 because the boat is always trailered. It is easier and cheaper to stop at a gas station. I also use ethanol fuel treatment. When on a lake I just fill up at the marina.

 

[jcyamaharider]

I am running 93 Oct No Ethanol. plus a booster.

Why do you run a booster?

 

[McMark]

89 ethanol free
91 pump gas

 

[msavold]

89 ethanol free on the water, 89 ethanol at the pump on the trailer - and they both get StaBil (easier for my addled brain to just put it in every time).

 

[blacksapphirez]

cheapest gas and stabil marine fuel stabilizer every other tank

 

[DieselCamel]

87 E10. Its 2016 newer boats aren't really effected by the ethanol if use in a timely manner.

 

[Speedling]

Cheapest junk that burns.
In the hottest of summer i put in mid grade but honestly, the boat was designed (and the motorcycle it was based off of) to run on regular pump gas so i am not too worried. I drop in fuel treatment in the early fall and burn most of it on the Starved rock to Peoria run.

 

[gsbrown]

My manual calls for 91+ octane and it suggests ethanol free. It also says up to 10% ethanol is ok. I trailer my boat and there are no ethanol free gas stations near me. Should I be adding anything to the fuel?

My dealer told me I can use 87 0r 89 octane if I had no choice but I would lose noticeable horsepower. I can't have that so I guess its high octane for me!

 

[Hannibal]

We have a handful of stations close by that have ethanol free 89 octane. If not, I'd run the ethanol stuff. Great excuse to take the boat out more.

 

[mike05]

Put 87 octane with stabil every fill up according to dealer 87 octane should be fine

 

[Jetson]

Switched to ethanol free rec-90 this summer when the engine lost a few hundred rpms. Found out later that the air cleaner element had oil and/or fogging residue in it. Dealer claimed it was not them even though they winterized and changed the oil in my boat every year.

 

[jet set]

89 ethanol free in NC, Rec90 in Fla.

 

[kindtampa]

@gsbrown if you use ethanol use Marine Stabil. It's an ounce per 10 gallons. http://amzn.to/2eyOdao

Find ethanol free gas here: http://www.pure-gas.org/extensions/map.html

 

[stever40]

87/10 mostly due to where it's slipped.

Dealer and manual state 87 octane. Dealer stated ethanol has no affect.

If I'm at a gas station on trailer I will go ethanol free.

 

[Papa]

E10 and blue stabile.

 

[motorboater]

91 or 93 is all we have for pure gas on the lake, so thats what it gets. Octane level over 87 really not important, but I never use ethanol. Also run Ring Free due to higher octane I'm using.

 

[Dan_NC]

Cheapest gas available and Marine stabil for every fill up. It is still cheaper than mid-grade and makes me feel better about being cheap.

 

[Beachbummer]

In the Houston area all street gas is E10. I infrequently fill at the marinas where gas is $1 per gallon more expensive, but it's not e10. If I fill up at the gas station, (or bring fuel in jerry cans from the gas station) is always 87 e10. No issues. but I do use stabil when I remember.