Aluminum fuel tanks can corrode in a marine environment, though much depends on how well they are protected belowdecks from salt water. Shielded from briny water, tanks can last forever, but on some ...

When Congress passed the 2005 Energy Bill, the legislation included a mandate that oil refiners increase the percentage of corn-based ethanol they add to their gasoline products. Bill supporters ...

In 20 years fixing boat motors, Jim Parnell has never seen so many fuel pumps clogged with black dust and debris. The ethanol that pushed its way into Florida's gas tanks last year has rotted out fuel ...

Reviving vintage marine power! See the OMC 6-gallon gas fuel tank get a fresh start, ready to fuel your next boating ...

tank inlets to reduce fuel spills in the harbor. In a letter dated Dec. 15, Councilman Tod Ridgeway asked Rep. Chris Cox (R-Newport Beach) and Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) to assist the ...

Own a boat long enough and you can't avoid at least some common mechanical pitfalls. Most are simple outdoor headaches easily and quickly dealt with. Others are more involved, and in the extreme can ...

The facility, which is the only commercial refueling dock between Fort Bragg and Crescent City, is scheduled to be closed ...

A fisherman in Australia made a costly blunder when he went to fill up the gas tank of his boat at a 7-Eleven in West Pennant Hills, New South Wales. He mistook a rod holder for the gas tank, and the ...

State ecology officials were hoping to secure the fuel tanks Saturday of a fishing vessel that had taken on water and had to be abandoned near Grays Harbor. Coast Guard crews rescued three fishermen ...