rcon
New Member
- Jun 16, 2011
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- Boat Info
- Preparation
'93 300 Sundancer
w/ Kohler genset
Raymarine E7D
- Engines
- 4.3l Mercruisers w/Alpha 1
Been gone a while, horrid weather here, well, on the weekends anyway :smt021. Went to the boat recently and found the gas cap off. Had been raining since I was last there.
Now it was potentially me that left the tank open :smt089 so we'll just assume it had been a while and there may had been rain around.
Questions.
How good are fuel additives at protecting my engines?
Can I just stick a long PVC tube down my fuel inlet and use a hand pump to suck up a few gallons and look for separation before treating?
Is there some sort of filter on the end of the vent line that is going to prevent that?
Can I just put a half litre of methanol and some dry fuel additive in there and let it sort itself out?
Any ideas here please, I'd never really given much though to this kind of problem.
Now it was potentially me that left the tank open :smt089 so we'll just assume it had been a while and there may had been rain around.
Questions.
How good are fuel additives at protecting my engines?
Can I just stick a long PVC tube down my fuel inlet and use a hand pump to suck up a few gallons and look for separation before treating?
Is there some sort of filter on the end of the vent line that is going to prevent that?
Can I just put a half litre of methanol and some dry fuel additive in there and let it sort itself out?
Any ideas here please, I'd never really given much though to this kind of problem.