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Thanks squids I appreciate it !!
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Do it John. I regularly drain and run any gas left in my tanks in my Dodge Durango 5.7 Hemi at the end of the season, then fill my tanks with treated gas, I usually treat with Seafoam and have never had any problems. Sorry for your back problems. DO you have trim tabs on your boat? If not you might want to consider them... they really do smooth out the ride
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Unread 11-02-2018, 04:32 PM
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Gotcha Paul, no matter what hear or read I always just check with you guys before making any stupid moves, I want to hear from the people with practical experience , and I have seriously considered trim tabs, but before I do that I want to be reasonable certain I'm actually going to be able to use the boat in the next year or two,
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You don t mention if it is ethanol free or not. Phase separation is a problem with ethanol gas. I would also run it through a Baja filter if possible, just to make sure your not introducing any contaminants into your truck. It s just a filter with a fine mesh screen and a reservoir to capture any water.

I had 40 gallons of gas in cans and 60 in the V when the storm hit. I used all i had in cans and got into the boat gas for about 30 gallons befor the power came back on. I used about 8 gallons a day for about 15 hours of run time.
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Thanks phat, another good suggestion, it is not ethanol free unfortunately!!
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If you have a water separating filter on your boat, pump the fuel out thru the water sep filter. Ring free is techron additive, if you have any Texaco stations or Chevron stations near by, its the additive they charge you extra for at the pump.

Feel your pain on the back surgery, I'm on my second surgery, it still hurts
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Thanks spare ,
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