LuvBoating
Senior Chief Petty Officer
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Have started our boat using the muff/hose a few times, including the last time, on Sept 2014. Have not had the boat on the water since Oct 2012. In Jan 2013, filled tank with 40 gallons of Regular gas, but still had around 1/4 of a tank of gas left. In Nov 2014, had the boat winterized and gas treatment added to gas.
Now, what we are wondering is.........how good is our gas still? The engine ran fine (muff/hose) on Sept 2014. We really don't have the finances to have our Marine Service drain the tank and then us refill it, so we thought about taking some out and putting into our '97 Dodge Ram pickup. Or, if we decided to use this boat this year, the gas would still be ok for that?
I talked to a friend, who has had been a boater since 1969 and he told me "see absolutely no problem using that gas in your truck or even leaving it in the boat. I had gas in a boat for 6 years and put some of it in my van, lawn mower and in my son's car and it was fine."
We just don't want any "older" gas to mess with the new block that we had put in in Aug 2012. Have had the boat on the water once since installing that new block. I've had health issues that prevented the boat from being taken since then and completely "broken in". I'm now getting over a rotator cuff surgery, so still don't when the boat will go out on the water yet. But, the gas in the tank is what we are wondering about.
Thanks for any info.
Now, what we are wondering is.........how good is our gas still? The engine ran fine (muff/hose) on Sept 2014. We really don't have the finances to have our Marine Service drain the tank and then us refill it, so we thought about taking some out and putting into our '97 Dodge Ram pickup. Or, if we decided to use this boat this year, the gas would still be ok for that?
I talked to a friend, who has had been a boater since 1969 and he told me "see absolutely no problem using that gas in your truck or even leaving it in the boat. I had gas in a boat for 6 years and put some of it in my van, lawn mower and in my son's car and it was fine."
We just don't want any "older" gas to mess with the new block that we had put in in Aug 2012. Have had the boat on the water once since installing that new block. I've had health issues that prevented the boat from being taken since then and completely "broken in". I'm now getting over a rotator cuff surgery, so still don't when the boat will go out on the water yet. But, the gas in the tank is what we are wondering about.
Thanks for any info.