how could this possibly happen

[FishMagnet]

Originally Posted by thedog

well I just talked to a guy and he had a scenario. the boat was at the marina for a week on a rack at ground level. if you put a fuel vent cap over a boats vent. with a hose and fitting on it. pump water into a tank. fuel comes out of vent. fill up 40 or 50 gallons and then leave.

this way you don't have to worry about anti syphon devices and snaking a hose down the fuel fill cap. all fuel tanks fill from the bottom. if you syphon from the fill cap the first few gallons you may get is water. syphon from the top and you get only good fuel.


I wonder.

I guess this is possible theoretically but I would think that there would be signs that this occurred. does the vent cap and the fiberglass next to it look normal? I would expect some subtle signs that this had been removed and replaced