[C320-list] Rust at vent cap

[Stanley Rogacevicz]

   Another thing to check - Make sure there are no low spots before the stern exit because if there are,  water will pool there and make the vent  - Useless. Just because you can pour water into the propane locker and see water come out the stern it  Does  Not  mean that the vent is working because if anywhere along it the tube is filled with water,  propane gas - Will Not - drain out. Just blowing it out once does not cure the problem either because rain or washing will simply fill the low spot again. This came up a few years ago on this list and it is a fairly common problem that I remedied with slight re-routing of mine.
Stan
formerly "Christy Leigh"
c320 #656
Wickford/Narragansett Bay RI

>>> "Quentin Murphy" <qmurphy at sympatico.ca> 3/27/2007 9:50 AM >>>
Adam,

After I purchased my boat fall of 2005, I turned on the propane at the tank
to do a leak test. A half-hour later the boat started to smell of propane.
Using soap I discovered the brass Tee fitting (at the top of the tank) has a
crack (which I could only see with a magnifying glass). I replaced it. Next
spring I washed out the propane locker and it would not drain (dust and
spider webs).  I now clean this locker a few times a season and make sure
water drains out that vent cap at the Port side of the transom.  I was lucky
the boat did not blow up.  This drain vent, which is very important, clogs
easily.

Quentin
Celtic Knot #667


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com]On Behalf Of Adam Weiner
Sent: March 26, 2007 9:41 PM
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Subject: Re: [C320-list] Rust at vent cap


Port side, just above the water.  It is far below the 110 inlet.

Adam

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Hare
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 6:36 PM
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Any chance you meant starboard?  If so, it's probably diesel fuel vent.

-Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Weiner [mailto:esquirecatering at rcn.com] 
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 9:07 PM
To: 'C320-List'
Subject: [C320-list] Rust at vent cap



While pumping out yesterday I got a good look at the boat's stern which
I normally don't see.  There was a large amount of rust coming out of
the ventilator cap on the port transom.  (I have hull 218.)  This is the
same type of vent cap that is used for the head vent.

Does anyone know what the vent on the port transom close to the water
connects to?

Adam