That seemed to have done the trick, he took it out on the river last night and it ran without issues.
Hopefully this helps someone in the future, it was quite a doozy

What’s up with you keeps in your area picking up such ****ty fuel ? Doh.

No kidding, I have an app on my phone now and I`m getting TOP TIER gas as much as possible.

I forgot to mention, I jacked up the front of trailer as far as I could and used the electric fuel pump to suck out the water.......Glad it worked out for you!

I can tell that I am getting old.

I remember 25 years ago when some friends had bought a Cougar that came with 2 Lamborghini V12s and 2 spares.

One evening when I came by the shop, I heard a mighty rumble from the side facing the canal. I walked over and one of them was throttling and the other was sniffing the exhaust stream to tell if it the V12 was idling richer or leaner. No diagnostics tools involved.

Kids today…

Wildman ain't no kid... but he is pretty smart. His point isn't wrong even if it's possible to get by with a less scientific approach

Doc,

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, scientific method is

”a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.”

Hence, systematically sniffing the exhaust certainly qualifies as scientific.

Reading an O2 sensor with a scanning tool may be more exact, but not necessarily more scientific.


Doctors today…

Had no idea I could get by with sniffing the exhaust... people that read plugs and 02 sensors, what a bunch of dummies .

It's possible that some folks have a more finely calibrated nose, due to it being held high up in the air all the time.

I do for gasoline itself. I've been consuming gas and repairing things for a long time. When you use fuel in the middle of no where around seasonal stations (some have above ground tanks) you better have a good sense of smell on if the gas is good or not.