Re: Left gas cap off & it rained! Now what?
Actually, if you can find a way to vaporize it water will give you an incredible power increase. Unfortunately the way it enters the engine, from gas tank contamination, just causes the plugs to foul out.<br /><br />The fortunate thing is that a water seperator filter will remove nearly all the water and the additive will help keep it up in suspension to insure that it does not just stay pooled in the bottom of your tank. Once any water gets thru to the combustion chamber, as long as the engine stays up to temp and is running it will go right out the exhaust.<br /><br />Water left sitting in the carb float bowl will cause some corrosion of the aluminum. Just get your filter and go out and have lots of fun. Run your tank as empty as you dare before filling back up. Use another can of additive then change the filter after the second tank.<br /><br />You may not have gotten all that much water in the tank anyway. As long as water was not running into the filler from collecting on large surfaces around the opening.<br /><br />A lot of marina gas gets water in it as well. This is why a filter is good insurance.
