Winterizing the boat, Gas tank - full, empty, treated or not?

Yup I have 38 small engines that run my property Maintenance business and they all get put into storage with stabiliser added. Never a startup issue.

Arnie

lots of good info as usual......some other points


external tank....make sure you run stabilizer through the attached fuel line as SD says

surprise that nobody is fogging their engine.......I certainly do that with all my outboards

Just an fyi to you all.

You should ran stabilizer all year round in your boats. Most boat gas sits for long periods of time and experiences phase break down causing varnishes and to separate and build up on your parts.
Most users can fill a tank of gas and may not fill up again for weeks on end if not months end.
This is the cheapest possible insurance to make sure your boat always runs well. A big bottle of fuel stabilizer from Canadian tire will run about 15 bucks for the entire season if not a couple of seasons.

All good points , stabilizer, seafoam, full tank or empty ..but for myself not tucked away my tiny for at least a month,,,lots of bows to be caught yet ...