empty tank
 

So my fuel tank is dry after pumping all old fuel out ...any suggestions to avoid condensation for winter storage.

fill the tank with fresh fuel and add stable to the fuel for the winter storage

I don't start running her til middle summer, wouldn't it be better to keep it empty then fill fresh fuel?.. shelf life would already have 8 months on fuel if I fuel now..
was thinking anything around for condensation absorbent to drop in now then fill fresh before use in summer.

For 40+ years I've just left the fuel in the tank wherever it's at, stabilized it and ran it the next spring....never an issue. Last year I hardly ran the boat, didn't put fresh fuel in it until August, no issues. Never really worried about any of this.

Ditto. Been doing it that way for a long time. Never any problems.

mine sits sept to may or June every year. Never had any issues…..

Split the baby and put a half a tank in with stabilizer then fill with fresh summer blend next year…..

I'll fuel up with the half measure approach suggested by seafordguy.... my engines run on 89 at the pump, but doesnt gas as its stored lose octane?... it was great when I ran up on lake George I fuel up on non- ethanol gas stations.
No such non-ethanol thing here in Jersey......I'll fill up with a slightly higher octane & do the stabilizer ..thanx all!

I fill with alcohol free gas some stabilizer run the engine do oil change and good to go for next summe, unfortunately alcohol free gas over a buck a gallon more, never had a problem

I have never, ever, in 50 years of boating heard ANYONE drain a tank on a boat for storage...

Learnt a bit from the thread

Ayuh,...... Don't worry 'bout it,.... It'll be just as dry then, as it is now,......

Why can't you just put some tape over the vent ?. I don't see an issue with that unless your tank is filled to the top of the hose and needs to expand and contract. JMO

I’ve been doing the same thing seafordguy does for the last 35 yrs. I fill up close to the end of the season, use it a few more times, usually leaves me with around half tank. Put stabilizer in it, store it for the winter and top off beginning of summer with fresh fuel.

I always drain the tank(s) before winter storage. No sense letting perfectly good gas sit when I can use it in cars, toys, and power equipment. One spring, just for grins, I tried pumping the dry tanks again to see if any significant condensation gathered. None, bone dry.

Fresh fuel in the spring. Never had a problem in 25 years.

ditto
I fill 91 octane non ethanol
Add fuel stabilizer

I have to open it up maybe
During winter as my fuel guage stopped working right aftet i filled it up
hoping just a wire came loose
Have not been mobile enough to chase it

He`s a little special

Condensation
 

If there is enough condensation for it to matter, you will be able to pump the water out before filling with fresh fuel in the summer.

just to understand, Gas was drained because it was old not because it was drained just for storage. I even considered polishing the old fuel, but for $750 to do so, I drained it into 50 gal. tank.