Water in Fuel

 
Engine cutting out and found water in the separator swapped the fuel over to the second tank, a bit of cleaning the filter and priming and the 140 HP Johnson etec motor runs OK on the second 100 litre tank, my question is has anyone used the F10 product to get rid of any water in the tank does it work ? as I don't know how much water if any is in the tank, should I empty the tank although not an easy job with 2 x 100 litre tanks under the floor

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 Metho does similar job,it

Sat, 2022-12-24 15:44

 Metho does similar job,it clings to the fuel and makes it absorbable. 

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 binds with water i thought 

Sun, 2022-12-25 07:46

 binds with water i thought  ;p

 

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 binds with water i thought 

Sun, 2022-12-25 07:46

 binds with water i thought  ;p

 

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 Johnson Etec?Drain the fuel,

Sat, 2022-12-24 20:27

 Johnson Etec?

Drain the fuel, seperate the water manually, as long as its not ethanol it6 will be fine

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 yep johny and evinrude was

Sun, 2022-12-25 07:56

 yep johny and evinrude was in cahoots for a while before they both died to the jap imports  rob H 

 

  ledge keep on monitoring water filter/seperator  dont be a scrooge u might have to replace the fuel filter , and check the filter on the inside of the cowling as well/replace

i would run something like seafoam to reduce pitting and possible damage to inside of pistons to be sure

maybe even add a fuel stabiliser

  drain affected tank chuck it  or with current fuel prices

add metho as stated, let it settle 24 hrs if u can wait  , water should go to bottom , drain of the top 3/4  if i a clear container u would see the seperation 

discard the rest or put it in the neighbours/mother in laws car  ;p

I would just chuck it  -$200 of lost fuel compared to  possible damages to injectors /pistons 

 

 

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 Johnson and Evinrude were

Sun, 2022-12-25 09:16

 Johnson and Evinrude were under the omc banner but not etec. 
Johnson was rebadging Suzuki 4 strokes for a while there. 

I think that's what Rob is getting at. The is no crossover Etec / Johnson in the 140hp range. 
 

 

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 If its fuel injected drain

Sun, 2022-12-25 10:39

 If its fuel injected drain the hp fuel pump housing and pump fresh fuel thru.

As the fuel pump housing will corrode on contact to water and corrosion will block the suction side pump filter.

This then reduces fuel flow thru to the injectors and can also burn the pump out.