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Here's a dumb question for you. When you checked the tank for the amount
remaining, did you do that through a gauge or by removing the tank cap ( iow,
could the vent have been closed or plugged)?
Most gas picks up water from the air inside the tank and this will drip into
the gas and settle below the gas level. I don't suppose it would take much to
stall out a motor but I'm not sure. Living in Canada, you get used to adding
methyl hydrate (gas line anti-freeze) to the mix. It combines with the water and
mixes with the gas at the same time. This allows the water to be burnt without
stalling the motor.
HTH,
Frank
wrote:
> Yep, I'm talking about dingy gas. Not taco bell induced bad gas.
>
> We were out cruising in our dingy today, after it was sitting on the davits
> for the past month, when the engine coughed, spit and died. Of course we were
> 10 miles from home, against the current and downwind of the marina.
>
> So the question here is, the gas in the tank was 1/2 empty (or for you more
> optimistic ones, 1/2 full) and it appeared the gas went bad. We tired
> everything, checked the filter, the plug, hoses etc. The spare tank had a
> small amount of gas left and we were able to get somewhat close to home using
> that. Rich rowed the rest of the distance.
>
> So what makes a formally good tank of gas go bad?
>
> Susan
> Caribbean Knight
> Close to Clearwater FL
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