[Stillrunning]

I filled up a few years ago and when I got home I notice the smell of gas. I went to the boats plug and had a small trickle of gas comming out. I checked all hoses and anything else and came to the conclusion my tank was leaking. I took a seradded (spelling) knife and cut between the tank and foam and then could pop the tank out. Now after sucking out 60 gallons of gas and removing the tank I could not find a single leak so back to the boat I went. Come to find out that my vent was cracked and when I added the oil it overflowed the tank and instead of coming out of the vent it leaked down into the boat. At first glance it looked just fine but when I reached up to check the fill hose I hit the vent line and saw it moving. My point is to check things out real good before tearing out the tank. Atleast I did get to clean out the tank and give it a freash coat of paint adding maybe a few years to its life.