do i need a new fuel tank
 

Ive got a 1987 seacraft 20SF. I have been having fuel starvation issues. It has a new fuel filter, and lines. I think the pickup is fouled inside of the tank and i cant remove the pickups to clean or check it. There is lots of sediment in the bottom if the fuel filter bowl and the fuel is always a dirty brownish color.

To my knowledge the tank is in good shape (but its 24 years old), its just really dirty. Is it time for a new tank?

Re: do i need a new fuel tank
 

if you have a lot of sediment, and fuel is dirty brown, inlet most likely clogs when pump is sucking, then will move clear for a while when shut off, it needs to be removed, checked and cleaned, may be easier to replace, about to do the same, also have dirty brown fuel, (rust & varnish )

Re: do i need a new fuel tank
 

I replaced the fuel tank on my 1988 23 CC this winter. I had dirt and surface corrosion around the sending unit where I could see the tank. I wanted to redo the console this past winter and thought it would be best to replace the tank while I had the console out of the boat. I'm glad I did. On the botton side of the tank there was a corrion cell that had eaten more than half the the wall thickness away.
On the replacement tank I put the fill elbow, sending unit and pick up tubes on a removeable cover that will allow me to service the pickup tubes and rework the tapped holes that hold the sending unit if I strip one. I can also use it as a clean out.
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