Boat never got wet this summer - need advice !
 

Unfortanutkey my boat never hit the water this past summer due to low water levels and time ! Last time out was in July of 2012 along with a oil change and drive. I know I need to change the fluids, dump the fuel but is there anything else needed? I've pulled all the plugs to drain water an added a fuel stabilizer but that's about it.

Any info would be appreciated !

Thanks.....

Run the engines after you get the fresh oil and fuel in there. If stored indoors the fuel may be OK.

dont dump the fuel
 

If you put fuel stable in the tanks you should be ok, don't dump the fuel , add to if and add some more stabilizer also...........

Jim

Appreciate the info - its stored outside in my driveway do I'll dump it- has about a 1/4 tank is all.

he has a blower motor.......DUMP THE FUEL........if your going to take it to salt water make sure you fog it down..

If that's all I need to do I'm golden !

Thanks fixx! - no salt water ! I've tried getting the fuel out once and couldn't get into the tank- is there a method ??

How bout starting it once in awhile ? It's hard to get it to temp in my driveway without flooding the neighborhood so I usually don't do it ! I know if it doesn't get to temp it won't burn off condensation so better not to mess with it ?

Thanks again !

it may be easier if you have access to the fuel level sender, to pull that to pump the tank. a lot of boat tanks make hard 90;s right where the filler enters tha tank and makes it hard to stuff in a hose.

I drain my tanks when I winterize my boat. I use a small 12V micro electric fuel pump (Mr. Gasket makes one and it's cheap); I disconnect the hard line going into the fuel filter and hook up the inlet side of the 12V pump to that line; put the other end into a gas can and pump all the gas out. This of course assumes you have a shut-off valve between your fuel pump/filter and the gas tank so you can stop the flow of gas while you disconnect everything.

You will have to get some additional fittings to mate the fuel hose to the hardline, but it's still pretty easy. In my case, I have a 525EFI and I just used the elbow that connects the hardline to the filter base. On one side, it's a 3/8" MPT and the other an SAE/AN fitting. I put a 5/16" hose barb to 3/8 MPT adaptor on the hose end and then a 3/8" to 3/8" coupler to connect the fuel hose to the elbow. The SAE/AN end stays connected to the hardline.

You will want to wire a switch to the pump (as I did) to make turning it on and off easier; you don't want to keep detaching/re-attaching to the battery terminals while you've got gas fumes all over the place. I took about 50-60 gallons out of each tank this way.

I will try that - Deffinatly turns hard into the tank and could not get the hose past that point !

Thanks

+1,, mine has a on board electric pump that i just unplug and run jumper wire pig tail i made up to a jump box and then disconnect the line at the carb and run it to the fuel tank in my suburban..

Thanks for the input and laying it out in detail like you did, this will truly help me out as I've never done this !

No problem. If you can.. take a picture of your fuel pump / fuel filter base and post it in this thread. might be able to guide you on the fittings to use...

this is the pump I used... http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Gasket-12S-...pr_product_top

I will do that, just not sure when I will tackle it! Really appreciate the help!!

Thanks

I run my pump off an 18 volt drill battery. The pump is much louder than of a 12 volt battery and pumps the fuel out alot faster :-)

My advice for the future, should you have this problem is: bring the boat to Long Island where there is plenty of water and let me put it to use. I have plenty of time on my hands. Problem solved.

Happy new year

Where there's an option that never crossed my mind! Hahaha. -

happy new year !!!

Yep I think the only viable option is that you move where you can actually put her in the water!! S La is a good place to start!! A place where if your hatch is up, someone will actually stop to see if you need help and if you have enough beer, you could even get towed!!

Speaking of which, I just got promoted in which I inherited another warehouse in shreveport and will be spending a lot of time up there the next few months... we should get together, I will be staying at the horseshoe when in town.. y'all should visit!!

I will take you up on that this summer, have to get through this hunting season then I will be wide open to do whatever !! Love to put the boat in the water, levels here are still too low for me.

You guys really don't think that the gas would be OK if topped off with premium and some drygas?

Engine is "625 SCI" from his boat profile. Somewhat depends on how it is tuned.

A normal motor, I would say, "no problem" top off and don't look back. With that much money in a motor, I would probably not take the chance. Pump it dry via the fuel pump (assuming it is electric). Connect after the filter to catch any debris and dump into a vehicle tank, preferably with 50% fresh 91.

A 25 OL prob has 80-90 gal tank so we are talking less than 25 gal if 1/4 full.

It's a crapshoot really. If the gas contains ethanol and it's been sitting for that long a time, hard to tell how much water it may have accumulated. I use MDR E-Zorb (recommended to me by a very qualified engine guy) to emulsify the water when I suspect there may be some. If he can get it out of there, I think he's better off starting with fresh gas..

I'm just going to dump it ( peace of mind ! ) I'll change the motor oil and the drive oil, throw some 93octane as I always do and hopefully see the water again if the levels ever come up ! Just wanted to make sure I should be doing anything else.

Thans for all the advice !!

For future if you can get non-ethanol. That's all I use and I still add stabilizer as well at the end of the season.

It's not easy to find around here but something I will look into for sure !!

Thanks !

See if this link helps

http://urlm.co/www.pure-gas.org

Thanks for the link, I'll take a look at it when I get back in town from this deer hunt !!

Thanks again !