Winter Storage

[Guest]

We will be shortly laying up our boat for the winter - putting it inside a very large shed for four or five months - and have had conflicting advice about whether the diesel tanks should be filled up or left almost empty. What's the advice from the forum?

 

[byron]

There is no argument or confict. Leave them as full as possible. Any water (condensation) allows bugs to breed. They live in the water and feed off the fuel.

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[Scubadoo]

Keep the tanks full.

RM.

 

[Guest]

We had this last year I think. General feelings were fill up diesel as far as possible to prevent condensation. Petrol heads empty out as much as possible because the petrol will go 'off' before next year.

 

[Guest]

yeah, they say fillem up. Nice and posh undercover I must say - but be careful. All sorts of loonies do stuff to their boats in these big sheds. Spect there are some excellent stories.