Second time out this year and after riding for a few hours we stopped to swim for about an hour. Tried to start the boat and it would not fire. After trying to start periodically for a while I got a tow back to the ramp. By the time I got to the ramp and tied up....it fired up and ran fine the rest of the day. Called dealer and they said due to ethanol and other gas additives the fuel filter was partially blinded and causes a vapor lock. I changed the filter and ran fine the next time out. Same thing happened again today except the the boat started after about a half hour of trying. Any ideas....fuel conditioner, octane booster, etc. Most gas in my area S.E. TN is up to 10% ethanol.
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