Personally, I would siphon out all the old fuel (give to a friend who heat with oil) and remove the tank and clean it out, and reinstall and then add fresh fuel. That's what I did when I bought my 32
Tom Anderson C&C 32 Nonpareil Marblehead, MA 5 hours to next race 😊 On Sep 6, 2015, at 1:54 PM, cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com wrote: >> Hi this issue is a concern for me as well. Now, on the boat we're buying, >> we ran the engine for probably 2 - 3 hours throughout the weekend. Between >> moving it to the lift and back during the survey and then out for a sea >> trial we never shut it off and the engine ran beautifully the whole time. >> My concern is that, they claim the boat never left the dock over last 5 >> years, the fuel in the tank registers 3/4 full, and could very well be very >> old. The surveyor showed little concern and just said to top it off and >> carry extra filters. >> >> With that information, is there anything more I could/should do regarding >> fuel? If the fuel were contaminated in some way would it have become >> apparent during the time we ran the engine? >> >> Would adding another filter assembly, in line, be a good idea? _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
