Fuel additives to E-10

[gcapehart]

New Hampshire too has gone to the darkside. We're Maina's, but when we go south, which is N.H. and Massachusetts/Cape Cod, we have to buy E-10. I have seen that Starbright and some others have a fuel dryer to add to your tank to dry E-10. I guess it draws moisture into it. With E-10 our 225 VRO is designed to accept and run on it but it doesn't like it. It'll skip with the E-10. Have you tried any of those additives? And your thoughts? By the way does fresh E-10 work better? Duh, what  I mean is if it attracts moisture a full tank, mine is 120gal. if it is used quickly(offshore) are there fewer problems? On the other hand often we fish river mouths or coastal so fuel consumption is slow and maybe it would be best to take less fuel onboard and then refuel as needed.   Thanks

[John Jones]

Be wary of the "driers".  Some (most) are only alcohol so you compound the problem.  I would only put in what I thought I needed for the day plus a good reserve.  Fresh is always better.

[JimCt]

E10 doesn't age gracefully but the only time I'd be concerned is storage over winter.  Many schools of thought but I've always stored tanks full and doused with fuel stabilizer.

Cautionary note:  If this is the first E10 your engine has burned, carry on board a bunch of extra fuel filters.  E10 tends to "clean" the fuel tank and bring old accumulated sludge into suspension and thence into the filter.