Water in fuel tank.

[BiminiNut]

So anxious to get out yesterday left fuel cap off after fueling. Ran offshore in 5-7 foot SLOP. Stopped to put lines in and noticed no fuel cap, don't know how much ran down the gunnel and subsequently into tank.
Yamaha 225 ox-66 vintage 2000 on a 25 MVSC. Changed Yamaha fuel filter/water sperator, engine ran fine. What to do, dry-gas, keep running it........?

 

[Bryan 2530]

Startron first, then I would install a racor drainable bowl filter if you don't already have one.

 

[mildew2]

Hopefully you caught some nice fish yesterday...

 

[BiminiNut]

Jumped of a sail, came right at the boat, one remora, one bonita. Had to go home early, condition deteriorating and did not want to los the engine coming back in Port Everglades.

 

[Striperswiper]

I'd put in a Racor or Seirra water seperator with a bowl that drains and a 10 micron filter regardless of whether you have water in the tank or not.

You can drain the water from the tank by removing the fuel guage sending unit from the tank. It's the hatch towards the rear of the deck.

Use a small manual hand pump and drain it into a clean 5 gallon bucket when the tank is near empty. Don't do this when the tank is full and use extreme caution, gas is flamable!

You can pour any good fuel from the bucket back into the tank ( use a funnel) and just get rid of the water that's left.