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This new gas is eating everything!! Have you checked the fill hoses, clamps and other things?? This is a good time to replace all that stuff while it out!
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05-19-2012, 08:15 AM
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Macojoe maybe i didnt check them as well as i should have but all the hoses and clamps seem to be in decent shape. I cant imagine any gas leaking out the fill or vent as the boat was in the water for several days untouched after running it before i noticed a strong gas smell and then a film of gas in the keel. I cant imagine with half a tank that any fuel would travel up and out the vent and fill hoses but maybe im wrong. Maybe the sending hose leaked a little bit after use but i syphoned quite a bit of gas out of the tank and didnt notice leaking then. I guess ill be preventative and just replace everything anyways. Ill post some pics later today.
-Brett
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05-19-2012, 08:49 AM
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For exactly the reasons just mentioned by MJ I completely replaced all the hoses on my tank when I refoamed my hull a few months ago. It's cheap insurance against present and future leaks. Since you have your tank out I'd take it to a tank shop and have it pressure tested to make sure there are no leaks along seams or pinholes. I wouldn't put it back in unless I was 100% sure it was sound.
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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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05-19-2012, 11:13 PM
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When i pulled the tank from the 18 Fisherman i thought it was good. It had corrosion where the foam was but i didn't think it was too bad. Until i took a nail and started scraping the corrosion off revealing holes. Here is the post where i posted pics of the tank.
http://wellcraftv20.com/community/sh...9&postcount=42
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1983 V-20 capsized. . . . in the garage.
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