Orange fuel?

[Roy Wirebaugh]

I have a 59' sportwin that uses a pressurized tank. Im getting orange fuel out of the tank. I have taken the fitting off so I can pump the gas out. It will be orange for a few pumps then gets back to blue. I let it set for 5 minutes and it pumps orange again for a few pumps. Is there something I can do to clean this out faster so I can use the motor? I figure its the varnish in the pick up.....Thanks, Roy

 

[seabob4]

Re: Orange fuel?

Sounds like the effects of Ethanol to me...

 

[Roy Wirebaugh]

Re: Orange fuel?

Will the ethanol clean this out on its own and eventually stop the orange coloring of the fuel? Can I run the motor with the fuel turning orange or will it clog the filter?

 

[seabob4]

Re: Orange fuel?

Roy,
It is the Ethanol that is turning the fuel orange. You need to get rid of it, then use Sta-Bil or Startron fuel stabilizer with each fill-up...

 

[tx1961whaler]

Re: Orange fuel?

Isn't rust orange?

 

[Roy Wirebaugh]

Re: Orange fuel?

The tank is clean with no rust. I can dump gas out of the tank and its blue. Should I keep pumping the fuel out as it turns orange until it no longer changes or just add the stabil to it now and run it?

 

[duped]

Re: Orange fuel?

Stabil is worthless. Star-tron corrects all ethanol problems, and stabilizes fuel. Spend a few bucks more, its worth it!

 

[mike176]

Re: Orange fuel?

Just put a filter on it and run it or you could do some off the wall stuff like others might say here. You got rust in the tank.