fuel tank additives

guglielmo6160 · Post by **guglielmo6160** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:30 pm

any of you boys use any fuel tank addtives after the winter, if so, what brands do you use. Im thinking of using a gas dryer to spread out the condensation in the tank. I was never a fan of addtives but some guys swear by them, Im just curious, as my boat is an oldy but a goodie

turtlem1969 · Post by **turtlem1969** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:30 am

most additives a made up of some form of alcohol, so mostly what you'll be doing with the additive is adding more alcohol to the e10 fuel that is probably in your tank already, nay be useful if you are getting non e10 fuel.

ready123 · Post by **ready123** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:51 am

I just use an octane boost.... up here in Canada I/we only use non ethanol fuel for marine applications

turtlem1969 · Post by **turtlem1969** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:25 am

Ready123,

aren't ya'll the lucky ones, down here its getting harder and harder to find non ethonal gas.

jimbo36 · Post by **jimbo36** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 1:25 pm

Ready123, You may want to check what your Marina is pumping this season. Most of the E10 in Ontario has been used in the GTA/goldenhorse shoe area however, this year it's use is expanding.(according to my fuel supplier) They have been pumping E10 in Lake Simcoe for a couple of years now, unless induvidual Marinas went to Premium fuel. jimbo36

ready123 · Post by **ready123** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 1:52 pm

jimbo,
My marina uses Shell Gold which has no ethanol... Shell say they will never add it to marine fuel.
Many of the Marina's going up the east side of Georgian Bay (Britt, Killarney) get specially marina blended regular fuel without ethanol, the Shell marinas seem to sell only Gold.
I am surprised the Lake Simcoe marinas can get away with E10.... it's pretty hard on the two stroke engines. A buddy's Yamaha 4 stroke had damaged hoses and when the Esso fuel (from gas stations) was tested it had E20!!!

Why for my dinghy I only use Shell Gold from the highway

Danny Bailey · Post by **Danny Bailey** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 8:42 pm

I use a biocide that kills algae and a diesel fuel conditioner that cleans injectors and raises the cetane level.

farfrompuken · Post by **farfrompuken** » Sun Apr 04, 2010 11:20 am

i use

BobCT · Post by **BobCT** » Sun Apr 04, 2010 8:11 pm

I thought I read it wasn't just a pour into the tank process but needed to be agitated?

Easy to do during the season but not as much when it's on the hard.

Bob

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fuel tank additives

fuel tank additives

I read about that, don't you have to "mix" it into