Full Moon missed the first two Duck Dodge races with the normally reliable Yamaha outboard in the shop. (This is a very busy time of year for many marine businesses so it took them awhile to get to my outboard.) It turns out that, while I had checked the idle jets, there was a lot of crud in other parts of the carburetor clogging things up. Some of the crud was apparently in the form of whitish deposits (indicative of corrosive action related to ethanol in the gas). Not good! Worse, the technician thought I might actually need a new carburetor in a couple of years, which would dent the pocketbook by over $400.
I'll be using fuel treatments from here on out - or switching to ethanol-free fuel when I can find it. Others have written extensively on why ethanol from corn is not truly "sustainable," how it reduces fuel economy, and how it can damage engines even in limited amounts. I wasn't sure about this last part but I am now!
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