I believe the problems that some people have with E-10 in their small engines and marine engines are regional in nature. In spite of using Star-tron conditioner in my small engines, I have had to replace several carburetors over the past few years. Typically the metal in small engine carburetors is a light alloy, containing zinc. My ruined carburetors have had a white sticky paste coating the surfaces inside (zinc oxide?), and when the paste is cleaned off, the metal is severly pockmarked. In effect, the fuel acts as a weak acid, and zinc is a weak metal on the nobility scale. It sacrifices ions to the solution, just like the zinc anode rod in a water heater. In my area of eastern VA, summer time humidity stays above 90% much of the time, and I believe that this can cause problems which may not be experienced in other climates. Our local Marina recently installed a 5000 gallon non-ethanol gas tank. Although they also have E-10 pumps, I notice all of the boat owners pulling up to the non-ethanol pump and paying about .50/gal more. E10 works fine in all of my on-road vehicles, and terrible in carbureted engines in my region. I am using non-ethanol gas in all of my small engines for the last year or so, and no more problem.
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