I once worked at an environmental laboratory and received the same advice
about my car. It seemed to work. It doesn't disolve the water. It
"hydrolizes" it which means as, as nearly as I can understand, that it bonds
to the water and somehow allows the new combination to be burned. Whatever
happens, it seemed to work, and I now make it habit to but gasoline that
contains "up to 10% alcohol" .


"Jaap Telschouw" wrote in message
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I have water of condensation in the fuel tank of my sailing ship (I have a
Yamaha four-stroke outboard motor, which runs on normal gasoline). The
tank
is sealed and has no drain, cleaning is complicated, almost impossible.
Somebody advised me to put 10% methyl alcohol tot the fuel, because this
would dissolve the water. My question is: is this a good advice or is
there
a better solution?
Thank you in advance for your help.