Thread: Indian Lake 2018

Downtime, I have a older tracker 05' with the 50hp 2 stroke, had the 3 carbs rebuilt soon after I bought it $600 and it runs and starts well, but I will tell you the best thing I have done is to run pure gasoline in the boat (no gas station junk) it cost a couple more dollars a gallon, but in my opinion money well spent. The gasoline today is not good with any engine that sits idle for long periods of time, I use pure gas in my log spliter, boat snow blower etc..

Originally Posted by Tom 513

Downtime, I have a older tracker 05' with the 50hp 2 stroke, had the 3 carbs rebuilt soon after I bought it $600 and it runs and starts well, but I will tell you the best thing I have done is to run pure gasoline in the boat (no gas station junk) it cost a couple more dollars a gallon, but in my opinion money well spent. The gasoline today is not good with any engine that sits idle for long periods of time, I use pure gas in my log spliter, boat snow blower etc..

Tom513, I agree on the gas not being what it use to be but its difficult for me as is others to get pure gas (aka alcohol free) as its at Tipp City, Minster , Jackson Center as well as on the water at Indian Lake all a good drive for me. I have been using marine stay bill for years. My previous boat (Taho s/f) merc put a 04 150efi after I had issues with the 115 opti and I rebuilt the fuel n water pumps every two years and never had an issue. My tracker pt 175tk had an issue with the fuel cap and wiped out a couple of fuel pumps and I had to clean the vst as well but all is well now.