"Charlie Morgan" wrote in message
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On Tue, 3 Apr 2007 17:00:56 -0500, "KLC Lewis"
wrote:

That raises another question. Every year at winterizing time, Essie gets
some stabilizer of some type or another added to her diesel fuel. This is
the same fuel every year, as Essie just sips the stuff daintily and would
never even dream of guzzling. So the question is, does the stabilizer
evaporate or otherwise dissipate during the course of the year, or does it
"build up" in the fuel?


The fuel still deteriorates, just not as fast. If your diesel is more than
2
years old, I'd pump it out, clean the tank and put in some fresh stuff.

CWM

That was my assumption as well. Yet it still burns cleanly, no smoke, and
doesn't clog my filters. Asking my boatyard guys for advice, they pretty
much all agreed that as long as that was the case, there was little point in
changing it out.

Still, I think this year at launch I'll have the tank drained and start
anew. The diesel that's in there is at least six years old.