fill er up please!

[Freebee]

I am conducting a little bit of market research. Last year when my mobo was hauled out for the winter I was asked to fill the petrol tank to the top this was a requirement of the yard as I was informed that fuel tanks more explosive empty than full - Ive no arguement with that.. but it cost me 80 gallons of petrol which is now 4 months old, I spose alternative was fill Petrol tank with water or take out the tank both non preferred!

Now the researchy bit, is my yard unique or are others asked to do this? Secondly Ive happened on a process that can be used to certify the tank gas free at a fraction of the cost of 80 galls of fuel, is it of interest to any others?

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[BrendanS]

Not required at mine

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[Brent]

Not at mine either. I reacon the yard was on a back hander from the local forecourt!!

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[truebrit]

How can anybody verify that a partially full petrol tank is gas free!!! all petrol vapourises and that is explosive so any partially full tank is more dangerous than a full one.Having said that ,I think your yard is being a bit over zealous,unless their insurance co are offering a discount or a lower excess for having a yard full of hundreds of gallons of petrol .

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[gonfishing]

Strange request! certainly not required to do anything like that here.
Julian


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[jimi]

I find that strange. Lots of diesel not a problem it takes alot to ignite & explode .. my father once demonstrated putting out a fire using diesel but you would'nt do that with petrol. Car yards seem to get away with it. Tanks are enclosed and if the worst happened I'd rather have an explosion and a small amount of petrol than a fire and lot of petrol. Would suspect its a case of a little bit of knowledge perhaps?

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[BarryH]

Fill it up and dose it with FuelSet or Sta-Bil. Stops condensation forming and the adatives will keep the fuel "fresh" so you'll be able to use it in the spring.

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[BrendanS]

Depsol I'm sure will be adamant that Soltron will work on petrol! and you'll get 300% better economy
Could always chuck in some WD-40 for luck.
and a few coins - throwing coins into wells and fountains always seems to bring good luck, so no reason why fuel tanks should be any different!

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[Paddy_OReally]

i have heard that codliver oil works well.

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[BrendanS]

Wouldn't be any worse than the other snake oils (oops, fish oils) that are touted around by the pykies as genuine article

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[steverow]

Stops condensation forming. It's quite common with diesel boats to do this although I've not heard of it being mandatory anywhere.
Maybe the marina are just looking after their own interests so you dont get stuck in the hoist bay on relaunching unable to start because of water in the fuel.

Steve.

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