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 Gas has a yellowish tint??
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rbeachhouse

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Posted - Apr 22 2012 :  06:58:19  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Changed the seps in my 454 Merc IBs yesterday. The Starboard sep's feul had a yellowish tint to it. The port side looked normal(to me). I have had both motors running on the hard this year and all was good. Both tanks had startron and stabilizer in the fall. I still need to change the remote feul filters so we will see if I see the same thing. It just looked wierd but maybe I am being paranoid.
R BEACH HOUSE
1988 34 Searay
1984 22 Mako
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boatman64

RO# 3834
Posted - Apr 22 2012 :  07:08:55  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Rust ?
Ron.
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Cam

RO# 1558
Posted - Apr 22 2012 :  08:06:01  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
how old was the gas?
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rbeachhouse

RO# 32506
Posted - Apr 22 2012 :  08:42:04  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The gas is less than a year old. I filled up last August before I hauled the boat prior to Irene. Both tanks were filled at the same time too.
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1984 22 Mako
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Planeguy

RO# 1963
Posted - Apr 22 2012 :  09:05:06  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Who peed in the tank????
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rbeachhouse

RO# 32506
Posted - Apr 22 2012 :  09:40:48  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
LOL
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1984 22 Mako
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absolute

RO# 31985
Posted - Apr 22 2012 :  10:39:24  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Had the stb'd side of your boat sat facing west or south during the last 12 months?
Absolute

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Billylll

RO# 24494
Posted - Apr 22 2012 :  10:53:54  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Yellow gas sounds it could be phase seperation.
Bill
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Sandy

RO# 1159
Posted - Apr 22 2012 :  16:33:17  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
You could try testing with Kolor-Kut, SarGel or other water-indicating paste. If you have E10 there are pastes supposedly formulated for that.
Sandy
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rbeachhouse

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Posted - Apr 22 2012 :  18:41:31  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The Stb'd side faced North since September. But my feul tanks are under the aft-cabin berth not along the sides of the boat. I was talking to my dad about the water-indicating paste. Would a marine supply store have them (not WM)? I am going to Freeport Marine Supply for some things this week. FMS is an outstanding marine sullpy store on Long island that has everything unlike WM. Would extra Startron take care of the phase separation?

Thank you all for your replies...so far.
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1984 22 Mako
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Sandy

RO# 1159
Posted - Apr 22 2012 :  19:30:25  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Most any plumbing supply and a lot of hardware stores have the paste. It's not a primarily a marine type item. But a sniff test for fresh gas might work as well.
Sandy
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