2009-06-07

Cake, "Satan Is My Motor"

I just picked up a Yamaha outboard boat motor that was in the shop for repair. I learned some things about outboards:

  • You need to drain the carburetor by shutting off the fuel line and running the motor dry until it stalls out. You can't leave gasoline in the carburetor, because the ethanol in the gasoline causes water to condense inside the motor, causing all sorts of damage over time.
  • You need to use STA-BIL or other additive in the gasoline. STA-BIL makes a Marine version which is much more active in suppressing the negative effects of ethanol.
  • If you're going to remove the motor and lay it down on its side, you MUST lay it on the side that's marked on the motor. If you lay it on the other side, the oil drains out of the sump and up into the engine and into places that oil shouldn't go, which gunks up the works.

Now that the motor is repaired, maybe we can use this boat, which we're borrowing from a neighbor.

But it's still an internal combustion motor, and it spews exhaust into the water, which is inherently bad, I would think. It reminds me of one of my favorite songs by Cake.

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