Gotta hate ehtanol.........

[RS]

If you don't fill it right to the top of the fill, up here in the fridgid north, all winter the tank makes water and you will get GALLONS of water coming out of the tank in the spring.

That's a myth. How do I know for sure? I've stored empty for the last 15 years and never made any water. My two brothers do the same, with the same result. You probably had it coming in from a different source when you had the problem. Do you change your gas fill o-ring annually?

BTW, we all probably live less than 100 miles from you, here in the frigid north.

Hope to see you on the water.

[ocuyler]

I have to agree with Rodger. I have always stored empty (4 boats, 2 summer cars, lawn equipment, hovercraft, forklifts) and have never had any issues. IMHO, the marina wants to sell you that 200 gallons right at the end of the season.

[Jon G]

Thats what I thought too, I have alaways stored it full but two winters ago I left it 3/4 and had nothing but water in the tank in the spring. I have seen the outside of the tank sweat like crazy when I was installing it over the course of a couple of days.Upper 20's at night high fortys in the day I'm talking hot cold over the winter, I can't expalain other wise how I have never had any water in there and when I left it not full I had lots. I had so much infact that it got pulled right throught the racor and my Suzuki primary filter had a half inch of water in it too. Good thing I stopped to check it after running it for a little. I thought it was bunk to until the old Blazer I had stopped running one day and I talked to the old owner he siad did you drain the water out of the tank? I said waht? Thats what I put screw in the bottom for. This old Blazer would sit around with a 30 something gallon tank and make water like crazy. Sitting for two months you pulled the screw out of the bottom of the tank and you would get a half a bucket of water out of it before any gas came out. I did this many times belive it or not. Maybe empty is better than half I dont know all I know is the only time I have had trouble is when it wasn't topped off. Heck the origional gasket lasted twenty seven years before it gave up, it even looked like it was a piece of a rain coat cut out and put under the sender. Maybe thats what I should try

[gss036]

I use to get quite a bit of water in my 115 gal aluminum tank until an old friend/boat mechanic told me to leave the cap off of the gas tank and stuff a paper towel in it to keep out the bugs, etc,. It works great for me since I trailer my boat and store it inside my pole barn. I still get some condensation on the outside of the hull, but heck our humidity rate here stays around 80% most of the time.

[nestorpr]

From my experience from many years in aviation and boating the difference is that if you leave the tank with 1/4 to 3/4 of fuel you will get water due to condensation, but if you leave it EMPTY or FULL then you get almost none. Of course, unlined metal tanks are the most guilty for this, lined metal, fiberglass and other composites don't suffer much from this problem.

[Jon G]

I think this winter I'm gonna drain it completely after reading the recomendations for the new fuel when used in boat. They say is starts loosing is octane after 15days and starts to go stale in 60-90, they are also recomending a fuel stabilizer YEAR ROUND, a non alchohol based stabilizer that is. They were saying to NOT fill your boat only put what you need in it and keep pitting smaller amoun ts in it more often to keep it fresh. I'm definatly gonna try a dead empty tank this winter, I read the post some where? I just remembered its over at that other real cool site here http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripert...hlight=ethanol kinda interesting, I'm gonna do things differant this year for sure. [img]/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[salvagefirst]

The problem here is filling a 135 gallon tank $$$$$$$$$$$$$ Les