Got some water in the belly of the beast... Had to get her stomach pumped just to be sure.
JimG turned me on to e-zorb. Uses it every time he fuels up. 1oz to 20 gal.
What do you all use if anything?
Got some water in the belly of the beast... Had to get her stomach pumped just to be sure.
JimG turned me on to e-zorb. Uses it every time he fuels up. 1oz to 20 gal.
What do you all use if anything?
Thanx,
SCOTT R.
How did the water get there? Was it a lot?
I had a problem a couple years back, went out for a ride, and the boat died. Started screwing around in the engine compartment only to find h2O in my gas, lots of it! So I wound up getting a tow and then pulled off the water. I had like 7 gallons of water sitting on the bottom of the gas tank. WTF? I went to the dock where they printed out an analysis, so it wasn't them. I scratched my head some more and by the time I had my 3rd beer, I figured it out. I had done a 360 TIGHT turn to get the port side handrail in the water. Looking at the port side of the boat, on the free board, there is the small, chrome air breather for the gas tank. Ahhh ha! No more port side grab rails in the water, lol.
DUNESMAN
Makes sense though. What you see is out of the separator. Waiting to talk to the guy that evacuated my tank.
I have been known to put some water in the boat so vent wouldnt be a long shot.
I would guess it's the ethanol in the gas thats the culprit.
Thanx,
SCOTT R.
Its tupperware and it was still seperating when I took pic. So it was a bit cloudy.
Thanx,
SCOTT R.
I don't like the color of the good stuff either
somethin's wrong there
Should be a loop in the vent hose. Works like a "p" trap to catch water coming in the vent. You'll know water is in there when you fill the tank and it kicks back out because the trap is full of water and not venting.
Another +1 for Ezorb an amazing product I will never be without, the ethanol draws outside moisture into the tank you must use something. The last two tanks of last season I did not use Ezorb, I paid the price losing 1/2 an afternoons running. I saw the demo on it years ago, they dumped what looked to be about a 10 to 1 mix of clean gas/water then agitated started up the engine and ran every drop through without a hiccup! Been a 100% believer since!
No matter what your beliefs are "GOD BLESS AMERICA"
Fully retired marine tech near 60 years in the biz.
I like the Racor fuel filter/water seperators with the plastc bowls & drains .
They will handle most small amounts of water fairly easily.
I find they work very well .
"BENCHSEAT 18" ~~YellowJacket~~ project owner~
1929 Chris~Craft 28' Tripple Cockpit Mahogany Speedboat / A-120-A 845 Cu.In. 375 H.P. Chris~Craft V-8 racing engine.
24' American Skier
Super Eagle 454 HO Skiboat
1991 454 SS Chevy Super Sport Pick-up for towing my "Toys".
There is no such thing as going too fast ~ ~~
OR~ Being too old~ for a new "Toy"!
Brad Hunter
Huntingdon Valley Pa (Just outside Philly)~
Ocean City NJ
silverghost1926@msn.com
215 947 4676 (PA Home)
Jim~
The unit I have on the ski-boat is the cheap spin-on Racor unit with the plastic polycarbonate bowl & drain.
It takes the place of the standard cheap spin-on fuel filters.
They also offer this same spin-on unit with a pot-metal bowl~
But I like to inspect the plastic bowl for water every once in a while.
It is a gasoline unit & not diesel .
Last edited by silverghost; 07-19-2011 at 07:12 PM.
"BENCHSEAT 18" ~~YellowJacket~~ project owner~
1929 Chris~Craft 28' Tripple Cockpit Mahogany Speedboat / A-120-A 845 Cu.In. 375 H.P. Chris~Craft V-8 racing engine.
24' American Skier
Super Eagle 454 HO Skiboat
1991 454 SS Chevy Super Sport Pick-up for towing my "Toys".
There is no such thing as going too fast ~ ~~
OR~ Being too old~ for a new "Toy"!
Brad Hunter
Huntingdon Valley Pa (Just outside Philly)~
Ocean City NJ
silverghost1926@msn.com
215 947 4676 (PA Home)
Jim~ You are most likely correct.
I just checked the West catalog and the Filter/seperator I have with the plastic bowl is called an "Outboard" unit.
The very same filter cartridge with the pot-metal bottom bowl is called an "Inboard" unit .
I fail to see what it matters ?
I still like to see exactly what is in the bottom of the clear bowl.
"BENCHSEAT 18" ~~YellowJacket~~ project owner~
1929 Chris~Craft 28' Tripple Cockpit Mahogany Speedboat / A-120-A 845 Cu.In. 375 H.P. Chris~Craft V-8 racing engine.
24' American Skier
Super Eagle 454 HO Skiboat
1991 454 SS Chevy Super Sport Pick-up for towing my "Toys".
There is no such thing as going too fast ~ ~~
OR~ Being too old~ for a new "Toy"!
Brad Hunter
Huntingdon Valley Pa (Just outside Philly)~
Ocean City NJ
silverghost1926@msn.com
215 947 4676 (PA Home)
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