Water in gas

[Blue_Runner]

I hear ya Shawsee, I've gotten religous about my fueling/maintenance habits as well. I dump my filters regularly. I think that is what got me in trouble before with trash in my carbs. I wasn't dumping the inline filter on the motor regularly. Now I dump it before every outing and 9 times out of 10 there are teeny bits of trash in there.

[drbabe]

Hi Blu,
Somewheres on this site someone pointed out that some of the vents are vulnerable to infiltration by water. The kind that sit below the rub rail can get water in them. Depending on how directly the tube goes to the vent, you could get water, but probably not so much as you noted. Some folks have moved the vent to a drier location, others have solved the issue--if that's your issue--by putting a small clamshell fitting over the vent itself. Good luck. Good thing you had the racor separator.

[Blu_Lunch]

Thanks I put the Startron in today and ran it on the muffs ...let see what happens
drbabe I believe I saw your boat a few years ago in the Tri city plaza in Vernon....
Pepe looks familiar.....

[Blue_Runner]

Blu - On my buddy's new boat he was getting lots of water in the gas - more than you - and the dealer kept passing it off as ethanol. Finally the dealer found that he was missing the black rubber o-ring on his filler cap which they said was the problem. I can't imagine it let that much water in but he has not had a drop of water since.......I'm not sure if all filler caps have o-rings but might be worth a quick look.

Before that he had a ton of water getting in the hull. They found that his drain plug housing was not sealed properly.

Boy, I tell ya, these brand new boats are waaaaaay over-rated! I'll take my 15 y. o. boat over new any day!!

[Blu_Lunch]

I'll look in there morning, but the console is always covered and there is a top on the boat .............thanks

[drbabe]

Hey Blu,
That could have been her. I bought her last year off a guy in West Hartford. He had too many toys. I think she was around for only a couple years before that; it's a Florida boat that came up sometime after 2004. I keep her out at my mother's on Cape Cod (Woods Hole). When I first bought her I posted some pix and someone said they'd never seen the teal striping and details. I don't know. It's clear that her transom was redone, as was a lot of her both inside and out. The stripes and stickers were so cherry it makes me wonder if someone had all that done special.

[Blu_Lunch]

Originally Posted by drbabe

Hey Blu,
That could have been her. I bought her last year off a guy in West Hartford. He had too many toys. I think she was around for only a couple years before that; it's a Florida boat that came up sometime after 2004. I keep her out at my mother's on Cape Cod (Woods Hole). When I first bought her I posted some pix and someone said they'd never seen the teal striping and details. I don't know. It's clear that her transom was redone, as was a lot of her both inside and out. The stripes and stickers were so cherry it makes me wonder if someone had all that done special.

Mine came from a guy in Kensington one street over from the Rockcat's Stadium I found her on a ad in Outboard Exchange board in his shop in Waterford...........

[steplift20]

i have been useing startron for about 2 years now and never had a problem with water in fuel

[phester]

Originally Posted by steplift20

i have been useing startron for about 2 years now and never had a problem with water in fuel

ditto!

[bcmarinamanager]

It's definetly the eythenol. It's my understanding that since the vent system for a boat is different from a car the oxygen reacts with the eythenol and breaks it down faster, and water is a by-product. I've seen this a lot the past couple of years. No marinas here sell eythenol gas and there is only one mainland that sells E-Free. The only problems have been from the smaller boat guys that bring the jerry cans to fill up, ie-me!! Luckily, with the old Merc, I pretty much burn through it anyway, allthough I have recently started having some slight issues with idling and what-not.