[C320-list] Fw: Bilge Diesel

[sholdr at aol.com]

I had some leakage from the gasket on the sending unit on top of the 
tank -- not as much as you, but a definite smell -- over the winter (In 
Texas, on the water) I fashoned a small  110 volt fan (10-inch fan like 
one might put at one's desk)  with a custom sheet metal funnel attached 
with duct tape and had it positioned in the inspection port under the 
sole such that the fan blew air under the floor between it and the hull 
all winter -- no more smell at all -- I guess it evaporated --  also 
removes any water and/or mildew smell.

Camelot
#322


-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Clayton <jsea at prodigy.net>
To: C320-List <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>
Sent: Mon, Apr 12, 2010 9:11 pm
Subject: [C320-list] Fw: Bilge Diesel


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