TREAT YOUR FUEL --- EVERY TANK
Since the "hurricane", the price of anti-gel treatment has sky-rocketed to the point where it is too expensive to waste.
Many is the time I have heard someone say that they had put a whole bottle of "that stuff" in their tank back when winter began, assuming that that one dose will still be in there, doing it's job, long after it has went up in smoke.
Then there are those who try to dump the whole bottle in the tank, enough to treat several tanks, at every fueling, pouring as much on the ground as gets in the tank.
I have a better way.
I saved a bunch of those 32-ounce
long-necked bottles from my Marvel Mystery Oil days.
I follow the "ounces/X-many-gallons" directions listed on the jug of anti-gel treatment, using an ounce-graduated measuring cup and funnel to
PRE-MEASURE the treatment into the long-necked bottles.
I finish filling the bottles with clean fuel, to better mix the treatment, and to insure that it all gets into the tank, instead of clinging to the insides of the bottle.
I fill all of my bottles at one time, making some for 5-, 10-, 15-, and 20-gallons of fuel; labeling them as to what quantity they contain.
I keep some always in the truck for those times when I must fuel out on the road away from home.
For those times close to home that I know I am going to need fuel, I figure the miles driven since the last fueling, divide by my average MPG, and that tells me how many gallons of fuel I will need, thus which combination of my pre-filled bottles to take with me.
For instance, my math tells me I will require 33-gallons of fuel; I will take a 15- and a 20-gallon pre-mixed bottle, thus giving me a two gallon safety margin.
I pour in the treatment BEFORE pumping the fuel, such that the violent roiling of the fuel going into the tank thoroughly mixes the treatment.
The money I save by using ONLY the correct dosage of anti-gel easily compensates me for my time spent pre-mixing.
Although the MMO bottles are about as perfect as can be for this job, any preferably long-necked plastic bottle will work, such as HEET or power-steering-fluid bottles.
Another good option is to use quart-size oil bottles and one of those snouts that screws onto the bottle-neck.
You need not worry about rinsing out the oil residue, as it is actually good for your system and will not hurt a thing.