[C320-list] Fw: Bilge Diesel

[Jerry Clayton]

Brian,

     Tell your current owner if  any diesel ran thru the bilge pump that he 
will need to rebuild or replace it as the diesel will ruin the rubber 
gaskets inside the pump.

Regards,

Jerry Clayton
#988


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Amirault Family - S&B" <amiraults at sympatico.ca>
To: <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 2:36 PM
Subject: [C320-list] Bilge Diesel


> All:
>
> This is not a current problem for me. I was contacted by the current owner
> of my previous boat looking for advice; having discovered two gallons of
> diesel in his bilge and a leak in his 1981 fuel tank on arriving at his 
> boat
> this past weekend to prepare it for launch.  He has two problems and I 
> could
> contribute to how he can get the old tank out and the new one in.
>
> The second problem is how to eliminate the diesel odour from the bilge now
> that he has pumped the bilge and the tank. In this boat the areas with no
> easy access are fibreglass which has not been painted nor covered with gel
> coat; but left unfinished. Does anyone have suggestions on how he can 
> remove
> any trace of diesel from these areas? Will  he eventually have to find 
> some
> form of sealer to cover the contaminated areas?
>
> Regards;
>
> Brian Amirault
> 2001 Waltzing Bear, too