Water in the gas

[Deleted member 3748]

Got my boat out after sitting all winter and for the second year in a row it has water in the gas tank. I'm probably going to end up draining it, but that's a lot of gas and I don't want to. I did some YouTube research and found a guy who did a pretty good comparison of removal products, Heet, SeaFoam, and isopropyl alcohol. To my surprise. the SeaFoam didn't do very well though he does really like SeaFoam for other things. I thought I'd pass this on since some of us here (including me) use a lot of SeaFoam.

 

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[trigger]

Interesting...think I'd go with the fifty cent fix.

 

[Deleted member 3748]

I'm tempted but if I try the alcohol I'm going to find the 99% stuff.

 

[trigger]

I've always been a Sea Foam guy so that's a little disconcerting. Still good for the injectors I guess.

 

[Deleted member 3748]

I put a bottle of SeaFoam in my boat's gas tank last fall and another bottle on Saturday before I knew the water was in there. I'm going to keep using SeaFoam in my gas because it's the only product where I actually noticed a difference.

 

[uconn411]

I had that problem in my old boat. I installed a fuel / water separator with a clear bowl on the bottom. Made a world of difference. Easy to drain excess water from too. Had one similar to this:
Amazon.com: SeaSense Fuel Filter Kit with Clear Bowl And Aluminum Head: Sports & Outdoors


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[Deleted member 3748]

It has a water separator from the factory but it's not nearly as big as that one. I wonder how long it would take to run 30 gallons through there? Thanks for the tip @uconn411

 

[ByronM]

The old fashion way was to filter the gas though a chamois, a real one not fake, seems like it might ruin the chamois but I guess you could save it for filtering you gas year after year.

 

[Delton]

For keeping things clean, Seafoam is the king!! For storage I only use Stabil.

 

[Deleted member 3748]

I bought some alcohol today and I'll try it and watch it not work. I think I'm going to add the separator @uconn411 posted. That looks like the best way to continually remove water.

 

[trigger]

For keeping things clean, Seafoam is the king!! For storage I only use Stabil.

Yeah, I use Stabil too. My two cycle can always has it mixed in. Some say it does more harm than good but I've never had a problem with it.

 

[Delton]

Yeah, I use Stabil too. My two cycle can always has it mixed in. Some say it does more harm than good but I've never had a problem with it.

Me either. My lawn equipment starts up every spring like new. 4wheeler starts easier in very cold weather too. Good stuff.

 

[Deleted member 3748]

I drain the gas out of all my small engines when I stop using them for the season or any length of time over a few weeks.

I also use Stabil.

 

[trigger]

Me either. My lawn equipment starts up every spring like new. 4wheeler starts easier in very cold weather too. Good stuff.

I have it in an old generator that I run once a year, unless we have a power outage, and it always fires up. Also have a cheap weed whacker that I figured I would've had to replace by now but it just keeps firing up every spring. Stuff works for me too.