water in gas tank

[gonefishie]

Does anybody know of a water removing product such as Heet that used in automobile? My motor uses a 50/1 gas/oil mixture, I found some water in the tank maybe by getting a hold of some bad gas. Since the gas have oil mixed in, I don't know what to use. I don't want to go the route of taking the gas tank out of the boat and empty it because it in a bass boat and that is a bunch of hassles. Thanks!

 

[CATransplant]

Re: water in gas tank

Water is heavier than gasoline, which gives you a way to get most, if not all of the water out of your tank. <br /><br />1. Tilt the boat up so all the water runs to the rear of the tank. <br /><br />2. Get yourself a good fuel line and bulb combo, with no fittings on either end.<br /><br />3. Carefully position the intake hose so that it is at the lowest point of the tank.<br /><br />4. Pump the bulb until only fuel is coming out the output hose, which should be in a gas-proof container.<br /><br />5. Flush out all fuel lines on the boat to remove any water that may be in them.<br /><br />That ought to do it, but you can get a water separator filter to put inline on your boat to catch any that you didn't get.<br /><br />Finally, figure out how that water got in there and eliminate the problem.

 

[JB]

Re: water in gas tank

Heet will work for small amounts of water, Gonefishie, but your best solution is to use a water seperating fuel filter (after you take CAT's advice).