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    Is there any place in the USA where one can still buy real gas?
    MY 9.9 suzuki which is only 18 months old just cost me $400. for a new carb. The orgional one was so corroded it was not repairable, the guy drilled out all the ports and holes, soaked it 3 days and still would not work. Put on a new carb and bingo, runs fine. He said all motors are coming in with same problem, white powder clogging up the carb. said it was the 10% alcohol gas that was causing the problem. I use the red stabil and even change my gas at least once a month, pour it into lawn mower and buy new gas and still it eats up my carb. I just went through all this with a Yamaha 25, but it was rebuildable. What options do we have?

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    You need a fuel/water seperator filter.
    I had the same problems with my Mercury. You might even need to get a new tank, if it looks all "gunky" inside.
    Do gooder since April 26, 2009!

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    i don't know if its still there but somewhere in ohio still sold ita couple years back i seen it on television its an old looking retro type station and one pump still sold it because they do have a demand for it because of classic cars i guess the people in the community have a bunch but i don remember it did cost alot per gallon it was like a few more dollars than the new gas but however they did have it and stock it with the amount of refinery's around i would imagine it was coming from the huge refinery near me in ky called Marathon/Ashland oil

    i think the drag races wanted it also there are quite a few drag strips around this tri state area KY/OH/WV
    is that a bite...YEAH FISH DONT HAVE HANDS

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    Here in Arkansas, one can find 'non-ethenol fuel. That's all I use in my 90-horse Yamaha. My motor has a fuel-water separator on it. If your motor is older, you need to install one.

    aj

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