You can blame ethanol all you want but the source of most problems is water/debris in the fuel or mechanical with carb/injection systems or fuel tanks. Excess water in the tank will become a bigger headache because of ethanol but the culprit is the water. Like I said before, if you have a lot of water in your tank, no amount of Sta-bil is going to solve that problem other than getting the water out of the tank physically. Adding the magic elixer to the fuel tank is the "easy" fix that people want to take but its not the answer.Point is: it doesn't change where the ethanol blending occurs or how it is controlled. There's a good chance that E10 or E15 gasoline has excess ethanol in it and that this is the source of many of our fuel related problems ...
Ethanol does not cause water in your fuel if that is what you are thinking.Exactly - cause (origin) of water/debris? Ethanol in fuel ...
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Matt, DonS passed away 4 years ago. You should start a new thread with your issue.Don S: Another thing you can try when it stops, is to pull the fuel pump relay, jump the 30 and 87 terminals with a jumper wire and see if the pump will run (engine off) and listen to see if it fill the carb.
I am having similar issue, and have removed the lines and filter. If I power the pump, it will run for a few seconds, then slow to stop. I would think that without any fuel / pressure, the pump would run continuously until it burned up. What are your thoughts?
Just trying to confirm its dead or dying before I drop $350.