Thread: Smelling Gas
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Old 02-18-2008, 11:38 AM
bigeasy1 bigeasy1 is offline
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Default Re: Smelling Gas

Nice picture,
How does the tank itself look?,hopefully you don't have to replace that as well.
The scary thing,is that there are boats in use with hoses in very bad condition(although hopefully not that bad).

Last year,when i was putting the boat in for it's first time,we filled the tank at a gas station,and then drove over to the ramp.
As my buddy was backing the boat down the ramp,my head was about level with the bilge vent,and i got a very strong smell of gasoline.
We pulled the boat back out,and when i got in,and looked in the bilge,i found around a gallon of fresh gasoline in the bilge.
I had to bring the boat back to the shop, and for the first time in my life,i had to pull the drain plug to drain gas instead of water.

My fill hose looked in perfect condition,but we found a spot way up where it was hidden (naturally) where the hose had a few small cracks in it.

I ended up replacing all of the hose with new alcohol resistant hose.Even hoses that look in good shape can be bad in unseen spots,causing leaks.

Very scary scenario.It's a good thing to replace fill hoses,if you even suspect a tiny flaw.
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