Shortly after I had a new fuel tank installed, I discovered a problem — a boat gas tank vent problem. It was difficult to put gas in the tank. The nozzle continually shut down, as if the tank were ...

Water in boat fuel, particularly water in gasoline, is bad news. Water does not compress, so it can damage an engine mechanically. Water can wash away or dilute lubrication and hurt your engine by ...

But outdoors folk who spend most of their time in wetlands (that's us) are becoming familiar with another one: Ethanol can pose a deadly, yet hard to stop, threat to your outboard. "It's not an ...

Twenty years ago, a friend of Elton Duffy stopped by for help fixing a gas tank for an outboard motor. Duffy, of Milton, went online and researched how to return the tank to working order. Until then, ...