I know some people fill their tanks to eliminate the moisture problem, then dump a bunch of stabilizer to try and preserve the gas. From what I've read today's gas has about a 1 month life before it starts to break down. I'd rather have a low tank level of old gas in the spring so when I fill up it will be dilluted. My old boat had a tendency to stall/hesitate at idle in the early spring which I always thought was due to the cold weather/water. But I never had those problems in December. I think it was probably a combination of bad gas, stabilizer, and fogging oil residue. I read an article about this a few weeks ago. I'll try to find it.
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