Water in sediment bowl

36 A · Jul 1, 2018

When I was young we always left the tractor outside . At home and work . Now I can't seem to leave one out for a week without getting water in the gas . The tanks have been sealed and there is a new gasket on the caps and no breather hole on the top of the cap .and I haven't heard of any problems from the gas stations having trouble guess I'm venting lol

jd man wis · Jul 1, 2018

I have bought gas and diesel fuel from some top gas stations and they all seem to have some water in there fuel. This been found out by leaving the fuel can out in the freezing cold and found frozen water in the bottom of the can. My dad told me once that look at that car smoke so bad because of all the water in it. He said that back in the 60s them cars never smoke that bad. I did find that there was more water in the diesel fuel then the gas and also some stations were better then the other. I remember as a kid in the 70s when the b john deere fuel line froze it would only take a cap full of heet to unfreeze the line. By the time I walk to the shed an put the bottle of heet back away you could see the line unfreeze. And now it takes almost a full bottle to work.

old · Jul 1, 2018

Part of the problem nowadays is the alcohol in the gas. Alcohol absorbs water out of the air and then it evaporates and leaves the water behind so you get water in the gas which ends up in the sediment bowl which is one of the reason for the sediment bowl. That is one reason I almost never leave much if any gas in the tanks of my tractors. I put gas in when I need it and only as much as I think I need.

ArnieinChesterfieldVa · Jul 1, 2018

I would definitely say your problem is the alcohol gas nowadays. Farmers on here will say how they love that stuff but that's cause they're making money off the corn raised for it. Money talks. The best solution for you is Startron fuel stabilizer. I'm NOT talking Stabil stabilizer. The good stuff for ethanol gas is Startron. Tractor Supply carries it. Probably other stores carry it. As long as you follow the directions on the bottle the water and gas DO NOT SEPARATE. Snowmobilers, motorcyclists, boaters all swear by it where their units are sitting for many months at a time. You put it in & you're good for a year as long as it's mixed in well & flowed through the carburetor, etc. before shutdown. Saves on deterioration of fuel lines and fuel pumps too. You WONT regret it. I've been using it now for going on 7 yrs....% swear by it. Example: Had a chainsaw I stabilized with Startron. Hadn't needed the saw for 2 yrs. When I DID fire it up, it took off & ran like a charm on the 2nd pull.
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ET · Jul 2, 2018

A lot of water in fuel come from those cans everybody hauls gas in, they sit around empty and get condensation, or ride around in the truck, maybe where you last fueled up down by the shed. There are a lot snake oil out there to fix the ethanol problem. Company's make a lot of money off them just like the Y2K issue. I use ethanol gas in everything, I don't use snake oil and I don't have any more gas troubles than I did before ethanol came to be. Remember old gas is old gas whether it has ethanol or not.

DoubleO7 · Jul 2, 2018

(quoted from post at 11:23:01 07/01/18) The tanks have been sealed and there is a new gasket on the caps and no breather hole on the top of the cap

How long does it run before the vacuum in the tank shuts down the flow of fuel to the carb?

humblesmith · Jul 2, 2018

There's more humidity now days than when you were young.

Seriously, the ethanol in the gasoline does bind with water very easily, even humidity in the air.

M-MAN · Jul 3, 2018

It's a good thing they realized that would happen 80 year's ago and put a glass bowl on there so you could see it and drain it out. Lol

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