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Smell of a Gas Cart
We have a Yamaha EFI gas cart on order. We have always driven an electric cart.
I am concerned about the smell of gas. Are there any fuel additives to use? Any suggestions for the garage? I would appreciate any reccommendations. |
I have a Yamaha EFI cart. There is no gas odor in the garage. The only time we have any odor from the cart in the garage is when we pull it into the garage and there is a little exhaust odor.
We do not store any gas in the garage. When we get down to 1/4 tank, we fill up. |
I recommend a gasoline additive, but not because of the smell of gas. It's because of the harmful effects of the ethanol blended into the gas. I use Sta-Bil Marine Ethanol Fuel Treatment. It is "the blue one" and is sold just about everywhere.
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I'm very sensitive to smells. We have a Yamaha gas cart and have the exhaust extender and use a fuel additive. I do not notice a smell at all during the summer months. Once we close up the sides for the winter if my hubby forgets to use the fuel additive it comes back.
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The 'smell' of a gas cart is most often mentioned as a 'problem' by owners of electric carts who wish they had bought a gas cart.
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I have always felt that gas carts should have the exhaust come out in front of the cart so the driver can get the same experience we do behind them :evil6: Sorry OP, I have no help for you, as a sparky owner forever, I can only say I am sorry we lost you to the other side :1rotfl: |
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As two posters have already said, make sure you mix STA-BIL MARINE into your fuel, you can get a bottle in the auto section of Wal-Mart for $10. You will use a very small amount, my first bottle lasted two years. I keep a 5 gallon red plastic gas can in the garage which I also bought at Wal-Mart. Then just put a small amount of Sta-Bil in the can everytime you fill it up with gas. There is a measuring indicator on the bottle. I would also recommend using high test gas. It's a little more money but I found my Yamaha cart runs smoother.
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I've driven up to Chatham, down to Hemingway, back up to Springdale.
My point is, I could make the above drive several times on one charge. The gas carts effect me with headache and my wife's allergies. We have a neighbor that smokes a pack to two a day and he says it never bothers him and he can't even smell the fumes at all. |
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The one problem I have with electric (I have 1 gas and 1 electric) isn't the initial charge distance. I can go anywhere as mentioned and get home. The problem is that I then feel that I need to recharge before trusting it again. So if I've put on 25 miles I know that I have 15 or so left but the fear is there that it may fail me. It has only happened once but I make sure that I use it fully charged (and that takes many hours) when I take off for the day. I have no issue with the noise or smell of my own cart. More likely to get the fumes from the cart in front anyway. |
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There is really no smell or noise that should bother anyone, I've gone much farther and enjoyed it all, never had to worry about slowing down on every hill. If one's over sensitive then they need an electric.. Never have I even once worried if I would be able to get back home before the cart quit on me no matter how long the day or the trip. . |
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And we don't smoke....... |
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Cigars, body sweat and cheap perfume stink to me also, but obviously don't bother everyone. You are lucky. I will stick with healthy, quiet and efficient electric carts.
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Wow! I'm having flashbacks to the days when boating was my major diversion.
This reminds me of when sailboat owners referred to motorboats as "stinkpots." I owned both but preferred the motorboat. Water skiing behind a sailboat can be difficult. Also, when you have a specific destination and a specific time frame you don't want to depend on the vagaries of the wind. Similarly, I now have a gas golf cart. The house I'm in came with an electric cart. It didn't take long for "can I get home anxiety" to set in. That, along with having to be pushed up the hill when emerging from a tunnel, was enough to send me to the store to make a change. I haven't done a diligent search in TOTV, but my guess is that there are a lot more threads about problems with electric carts than with gas carts. And there is one thing the electric cart people can depend upon...... there will come a day when the batteries need replacing and it will be expensive. In the mean time, I keep oil and gas in my cart and get an annual tune up. The governor that keeps the speed at a legal 20 mph or less means that I am not putting a strain on the motor, which is actually capable of going much faster so I am not wearing the motor out by running "wide open" even with the gas pedal all the way down. The electric cart owners on this thread who complain about the fumes when riding behind a gas cart or through a tunnel forget one thing. We gas cart owners also ride behind gas carts and through tunnels. I guess I'm just insensitive, but it doesn't bother me. :smiley: |
stranded?
I cannot deny that gas carts go and go.
I do wish to share a couple of opinions. Getting stranded in an electric cart is just as <cannot find a complimentary word> as it is in a gas cart. If you run out of volts it is like running out of gas. Not too <hmm stuck again> Get a voltmeter for your dash, figure out what it means and you cannot get stuck because you ran out of "gas". You can partially charge. Although not to be done everyday, it is OK on that occasional big day to load up some voltage without completing the charge. You get home from a day of golf at a remote course and lunch somewhere else. You can plug in the charger while you take a shower/nap and unplug before the charge completes. |
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You know what would happen to me? (My own fault of course) - I would forget to plug the sucker in! Then next morning I go out to go golfing and have a quandary - enough juice to make it back and forth? Gas is more mindless I guess.
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I solved this in a very reasonable way, I bought a second electric cart :1rotfl: |
You can minimize the smell from a gas cart by doing an annual tune up, replace spark plug and filters. I believe the smelly carts you get behind are way behind on their maintenance schedule. I have one of each, even with new batteries in the electric I would not be comfortable going past the 40 mile mark, knock off 5 miles for every 9 holes of golf. After 2 years deduct 5 miles from each.
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We have been driving an Electric Cart for 6 years without any problems. The first cart was a rebuilt Yamaha that we had for 5 1/2 years it was great but would slow down going up hills. We bought a EZGO RVX and love it it doesn't slow down going up hill and runs very smooth. I put a big sign on the wall next to the charger PLUG IT IN PLUG IT IN! Works for us. We have never run out of power. As a side note we did see a Gas Cart on Colony that had run out of gas while on the way to the gas station. A friendly Villager was helping them. |
Your first car
Was it a FORD or CHEVROLET. The FORD guys says "FORD=First on Race Day" and the Chevy guys says "FORD= Found On the Road Dead". And it goes on-and-on!
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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr View Post It's not the owners or riders of the gas carts that get the smell and pollution, it's everyone else. I really wish they would ban them from the Villages. _ Quote:
Hey guys, go out and grab yourself a new gas cart and you won't always be the one behind the other carts, and you'll never go back..:1rotfl: |
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BRONCOS Rule... |
also be careful when you park your real car in the garage I think it uses the same gas
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