On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:31:19 -0400, Drifter wrote:

On 10/25/2011 7:42 AM, Tim wrote:
On Oct 25, 6:39 am, wrote:
On 10/24/2011 11:29 PM, Wayne.B wrote:









On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:18:31 -0700, -...@++.-- wrote:

Recently my boat got pounded pretty good from behind by a bunch of wind produced
waves. After that it didn't want to run because water got in the breather for
the gas tank. I ran a line from a can of good gas and ran the engine and it
cleared up and began running normally again. I got an electric fuel pump and
attached it to the tank's fuel line and pumped out into portable cans. To me, at
first it appeared to pump clean water, then it looked milky for a while, then it
looked like clean gas. I pumped about 2 more gallons out of the 14+/- gallon
tank after it began looking like good gas, and it still looked good so I stopped
pumping. Is it safe to think the remaining gas is okay?

Others here have given you good advice:

1. Best to empty and discard as much of the tank as possible (most of
the water will be on the bottom and will slosh around when under way
and get remixed with fuel).

2. Racor makes a really excellent bulkhead mounted fuel filter. It
is more expensive than the Sierra but worth it in my opinion. The
Racor has a drain tap on the bottom so you can see if water is
accumulating in the filter bowl and get rid rid of it.

Do they make glass bowl filters for inboard gas engines?

Sure! most of the older farm tractors had them, but they screwed into
the base of the tank. I have seen some mountable in-line glass bowl
units, though

Should have been more specific and said boat inboard gas engine.

===

As I understand it, boats with enclosed bilges, which includes
virtually all inboard engines, are not allowed to use glass or plastic
filter bowls, only metal. That said, my Racor 1000s on the trawler
have plastic bowls but that's a diesel boat. Some Racor 1000s are
offered with a metal shield around the bowl, not sure about their
smaller filters.

I would drain the tank completely to be sure, it would be worth the extra efforts.

On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:39:48 -0400, Drifter wrote:

On 10/24/2011 11:29 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:18:31 -0700, --@++.-- wrote:

Recently my boat got pounded pretty good from behind by a bunch of wind produced
waves. After that it didn't want to run because water got in the breather for
the gas tank. I ran a line from a can of good gas and ran the engine and it
cleared up and began running normally again. I got an electric fuel pump and
attached it to the tank's fuel line and pumped out into portable cans. To me, at
first it appeared to pump clean water, then it looked milky for a while, then it
looked like clean gas. I pumped about 2 more gallons out of the 14+/- gallon
tank after it began looking like good gas, and it still looked good so I stopped
pumping. Is it safe to think the remaining gas is okay?

Others here have given you good advice:

1. Best to empty and discard as much of the tank as possible (most of
the water will be on the bottom and will slosh around when under way
and get remixed with fuel).

2. Racor makes a really excellent bulkhead mounted fuel filter. It
is more expensive than the Sierra but worth it in my opinion. The
Racor has a drain tap on the bottom so you can see if water is
accumulating in the filter bowl and get rid rid of it.


Do they make glass bowl filters for inboard gas engines?

I haven't seen one and all the gasoline engine cars I've seen use the
little inline filters. Whether the diesel water catchers would work
would, I believe, depend on whether the float floats in gasoline or
not.
--

Cheers,

Bruce

On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:58:03 -0400, WaIIy wrote:

On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:18:31 -0700, --@++.-- wrote:

Recently my boat got pounded pretty good from behind by a bunch of wind produced
waves. After that it didn't want to run because water got in the breather for
the gas tank. I ran a line from a can of good gas and ran the engine and it
cleared up and began running normally again. I got an electric fuel pump and
attached it to the tank's fuel line and pumped out into portable cans. To me, at
first it appeared to pump clean water, then it looked milky for a while, then it
looked like clean gas. I pumped about 2 more gallons out of the 14+/- gallon
tank after it began looking like good gas, and it still looked good so I stopped
pumping. Is it safe to think the remaining gas is okay?

Since the gas is on top of the water, you might want to drain the tank
all ther way.

As Wally said you may want to drain, or suction out, whatever is in
the bottom of the engine but adding alcohol to the gasoline you will
create a mix that the engine will burn.

Back in the day, this was a standard practice in the fall or early
winter in many northern states. I can remember small bottles of
alcohol labeled "Dry Gas" being marketed in nearly every gas station
during the fall and winter in New Hampshire.

--

Cheers,

Bruce