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Short, short version: I lost my seawater pump while underway last 4th of July weekend. Did not repair the pump until a few weeks ago. Winterized without running the engine and stabilized the fuel I had left in the tank, again, without the ability to run stabilized fuel into the engine.

So, a few questions:

1. If only the fuel in the tank was stabilized is the small amount of untreated fuel going to cause me to not be able to start her up when I head to the lake tonight for the holiday weekend?

2. If the answer to question #1 is Yes or Maybe, how do I go about dumping the fuel out of the filter? I've read several posts about people saying they removed their filter, dumped it, and filled it with fresh gas (or did something similar when installing a new filter). How difficult is it to do? can I do this in a few minutes' time and be good to go?


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Paul
2007 Four Winns Horizon 220
Mercruiser 350 Mag MPI w/ Bravo III Drive
2004 Ford Explorer Limited (V8-AWD)
Pomme de Terre Lake (Southwest Missouri)

My guess is that you'll be fine....You may run a little rough until you burn through the fuel in your filter.
Is your boat not accessible to start up this morning, or is it up at the lake?

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2002 Funship 214
VP 5.7 GX Si
2003 Tahoe

No, it is at the lake 100+ miles away. Heading out there this afternoon, hoping to launch this evening and get it slipped and ready to roll for tomorrow morning.

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Paul
2007 Four Winns Horizon 220
Mercruiser 350 Mag MPI w/ Bravo III Drive
2004 Ford Explorer Limited (V8-AWD)
Pomme de Terre Lake (Southwest Missouri)

If it was my boat, I think I would just proceed to start it as is.

Mike.

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Current Boat
- 2001 Four Winns 328 Vista "Hour Decision"
- 2010 310 Mercury Inflatable

Previous Boats
- 30' Doral Prestancia
- 25' Doral Citation

Of course there's no guarantee, but I too suspect that you'll be just fine without doing anything to it.

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Mike
2005 Four Winns 230/240
VP 5.7GXi/DP
1998 F-150 XLT
Boat Pic

Thanks guys. One of those last-minute things that popped in my head at like 6AM this morning as I was making the mental list of stuff for the weekend.

Everyone have a safe and non-flood stricken weekend!

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Paul
2007 Four Winns Horizon 220
Mercruiser 350 Mag MPI w/ Bravo III Drive
2004 Ford Explorer Limited (V8-AWD)
Pomme de Terre Lake (Southwest Missouri)

Start it and run it. Maybe a bottle or two of fuel injection cleaner, but you should b e good to go!

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2001 Horizon 260 - 7.4 Volvo GSI DP

Engine started right up after about 2 seconds of turning the key!!! Thanks for all your input guys!

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Paul
2007 Four Winns Horizon 220
Mercruiser 350 Mag MPI w/ Bravo III Drive
2004 Ford Explorer Limited (V8-AWD)
Pomme de Terre Lake (Southwest Missouri)