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December 3, 2009 at 2:32 pm #262549

Bassin8r
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I have a question for anyone who might know after picking up my 1995 P2 from being winterized yesterday. The boat has Mercury 150 EFI with a little under 400 hours. In past years I have treated the small amount of fuel in the tanks and left the fuel line connected. This year, the shop that I used disconnected the fuel line and ran the fuel out of the motor. The boat will be in my garage unused for three to four months.Is it ok to store it this way, or is it better to have some treated fuel in the fuel system?

December 3, 2009 at 2:44 pm #262550

Bass Cat Boats
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We dont actually like drying out fuel systems on older boats. Newer ones that is fine, though we find gasket and o-ring issues on older rigs. Though we are going to defer on that opinion for a dealer who may have a different opinion for good reasons. BCB

December 3, 2009 at 2:48 pm #262551

Bassin8r
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Thanks, this is what I thought as well. At this point, what would be the best way to put fuel back into the system without unduing the corrision protection that was added to the cylinders for the winter?

December 5, 2009 at 1:33 pm #262552

pantera296
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Id mix up a small amount of gas, stabilizer and premium plus oil..Connect it up to pump it with primer bulb and key up to run the fuel pump(s) to fill the fuel system with this mixture…. Sherm
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