mark lewis wrote in a message to all:

 ml> is there something that can be added to gas to remove or convert
 ml> water to something that won't drown out an engine? i seem to recall
 ml> something somewhere that would affect any water and chemically
 ml> combine with it to make something that would either burn with the
 ml> gas or at least flow out without drowning the engine...

 ml> the problem is a 5gal black plastic tank on a generator that
 ml> appears to condensate quite a bit and i'm about tired of having to
 ml> drain the tank and disassemble some of the gas flow stuff to flush
 ml> out all the water just to get the damned thing running...

"Dry gas" type additives,  gas line antifreeze compounds,  etc.
seem to contain mostly methanol.  At one point I was putting that stuff in
my car pretty regularly.  I was also patronizing a station that added it
(to the tune of 10%) to their mid-grade and hi-test gas.

If this thing is gonna sit for prolonged periods of time,  you might want
to consider both keeping the tank _full_ (to minimize condensation) and
also adding some gas stablizer -- the things that happen to gas that sits
for long periods are not good for carbs and other fuel system parts.

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