The motor guy
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My friend told me they only have a water separator at the pump and not actually a filter. I doubt that. I'm sure it's atleast a 30 micron filter.
I agree butnim not a fan of buying month old gas just so it can sit in the boat for even longer.I always make a point of supporting small business and will generally buy from the smallest station that has the price/fuel I need.
I quit worrying about that. These high volume stations cab have the tanker show up twice a day and how do you know he didn't just drive off 2 minutes before you showed up? I read an article years ago that said the crap in the tank remains suspended for like 8hrs after the truck leaves.Here usually the cheapest stations also have the highest volume. Which dictates high turnover, which equals fresh gas. I stay away from low volume stations. They're usually too expensive anyway.
I think this is especially important if you drive a Diesel. Water in Diesel fuel can really cause problems. And NOTHING on a Diesel is cheap to fix. I have heard not to fill up if the tanker is there dumping a load, because it stirs up all the crap in the storage tanks. I don't know if that's true or not. It sounds like it could have some merit.
Above-ground tanks ?? Can't say I've ever seen that at a gas station. Have only seen it at the smaller, mom-and-pop fuel "suppliers".
Mix some E85 with it and bump it up. Have had great success for years doing this. I would start very small and increase. My Montero hated it and ran poorly. All my Ford's love it especially my 96 that really runs much better with premium fuel.Can't get 93 per se around here (not with California RFG). The only way to get anything higher than 91 is to blend with 100+ octane street-legal racing unleaded. I know one independent that has it and they actually do large volume. Whenever they're out of race gas, all the higher octane stuff is blocked off.