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Hey Susan,
When a gas tank isn't full, the space above the gas, water vapor,
tends to condense as the temperature changes. This, of course, drips down
into the gas and goes to the bottom of the tank. So you start the engine
and all is well untill you start moving and the gas/water gets all mixed
up and sucked into the motor. Whammo! The trick is to keep your tank
either full or empty when you're not going to use it for a while. If it's
just a small amount of gas just dump it out. If it's a large amount or
dumping isn't practical, add a gas dry product. This is basically alcohol
which mixes with the water then mixes with the gas allowing it to burn.
Whew! More about this than I'm sure you wanted to know ;^)
Terry Lisansky - N3JJB http://udel.edu/~lisansky
Give me a fast ship........
For I intend to go in harms way.
On Sun, 15 Aug 1999 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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