[Rhodes22-list] Zepyrus Is in the Water!

[Ronald Lipton]

Todd,

     You are in Upper Wisconsin, so you probably escaped the disaster
reported in this week's Onion - 
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/47719
We can smell the burning grease in Chicago.

Ron

On Apr 29, 2006, at 8:25 PM, Todd Zumach wrote:

> Thanks for the fatherly advice :)  I thought I did have a full tank at 
> the
> end of the season.  I added stabil and put the boat away.  When I 
> brought it
> home, I noticed the smell of gas and saw that gas was dripping from the
> connection to the motor segment of hose.  The tank was pressurized (I 
> opened
> the screw and I could hear the sound of air escaping).  I can only 
> surmise
> that the tank dripped gas all winter into the gravel floor of my 
> friends
> pole barn.  Tomorrow, weather permitting, I will top off the tank and 
> see
> what happens.
>
> Capn Z
>
> On 4/29/06, R22RumRunner at aol.com <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> Capn Z,
>> For future reference, you are better off having a full tank of gas, 
>> or no
>> gas at all in the tank compared with only 1/3 tank. A full tank will 
>> not
>> accumulate moisture, nor will the empty tank. (Vent closed of course) 
>> It
>> always
>> helps to have the air vent open when running the engine :)
>> If you do decide to keep a full tank over the long, cold northern
>> winter,  be
>> sure to add some Stabil to the gas.
>>
>> Rummy
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