Draining the tank

[thunder550]

Can you just go through the fill hose?

[Silverbullet555]

You have an access hatch somewhere. Trick is to find it. You can also probably connect a pump to the supply hose and draw it out that way.

I'm leaving the tank empty this year. I'll fog it with a mix of ethanol free, stabil and 2 stroke oil.

All the remaining gas has been treated so it's good to go.

Knock on wood.

[Patriot 8713]

Does anyone else use PRI-G fuel stabilizer?

[akorcovelos]

I have never made an effort to be full or empty for the northern Illinois winters, and never had an issue. Wherever it is when the season is over is where it is until spring. I add Sta-bil to the tank when I winterize so it gets through the entire fuel system and call it done. Now, with my plans to retune the ECU on the new boat over the winter I have half a tank of regular 87 octane I need to get out of the tank, and the lakes here are closed to boating due to flooding, so I'm just going to use a long fuel safe hose and a fuel safe drill pump to empty the tank after I winterize. The manual calls for running the VST dry, so the entire system should be empty when I'm done, then I can have nightmares of the 73 gallon 91 octane fill up I have coming in May...

[Driller]

Didn't empty my tank last year. Stored it 3/4 full with Sta-bil added. No ill effects whatsoever. Started right up and ran soothly on the old gas. Didn't notice any difference with a fresh tank.

[Bfun220]

I have never made an effort to be full or empty for the northern Illinois winters, and never had an issue. Wherever it is when the season is over is where it is until spring. I add Sta-bil to the tank when I winterize so it gets through the entire fuel system and call it done.

+1
Other than I pay for someone to winterize mine and it sits through a Wisconsin winter.