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Gas Tank
I have a 1979 V20 Steplift. It sat up for about a year with a full tank. Ran her at home and took the fuel/water filter off and put in bucket. it was very cloudy, and had a dark color to it but still smelled like gas. What is the best way to remove the fuel from the tank?
Last edited by Steveib; 06-10-2013 at 11:17 AM. 
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06-10-2013, 09:53 AM
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I used a suction hose and put the gas in 5 gal buckets. After that remove as much water as you can, if there is any. I would run a little at a time through other things, ie lawn mower, truck, farm equipment, but I would NOT run it through the boat motor.
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1973 Wellcraft V20 w/1988 Evinrude 120hp 1978 ProLine 20ft w/19?? Evinrude 150hp
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06-10-2013, 11:12 AM
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God)  Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless.
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06-10-2013, 08:49 PM
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Disconnect the fuel line from the motor and pull bulb and all back through the boot so it is all in the bilge...leave the plug out and run the end of the line through the drain hole so that the end of the line is lower than the tank, and out the back of the boat...pump the bulb and the fuel will flow...what it runs into is up to you...
If the boat's fuel line won't flow as described, find another hose w/a bulb in it...remove the tank's top plate that holds the sender and drop the long end of your new line down into the BOTTOM of the tank, run the other through the drain hole and pump bulb...some kind soul left such a set up in my '84 and it worked like a champ..you may have to strap a weight to the end so it stays on the bottom of the tank...
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'74 V-20/ BF 150 '95 V-21/ BF 150 '84 V-20/ 200 2.4 Merc '87 V-20/'18 F150 Yamaha 
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06-11-2013, 09:01 AM
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I removed the fill hose instead of the sender and dropped a hose in that way. I got a lot of junk out of the tank but w/ small diameter fuel line and a bulb there is only so much you can get (if it is debris you're after) IMO. Just for pumping old gas it should be fine tho.
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 1994 Wellcraft V21
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