[C320-list] Winter fuel surprise

[Marshall Lucas]

For good mesure after yor clean up you may want to check out Bilge shark. Green Marine products is the manufacture.

Marshall Lucas
Merrythought 1037

On April 27, 2014 7:36:14 AM EDT, markojammik55 <markojamnik55 at gmail.com> wrote:
>Thanks Rick
>
>Marko Jamnik
>Marquesas 304
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Apr 26, 2014, at 11:22 PM, "Rick Sulewski" <rsulewski at bex.net>
>wrote:
>> 
>> Marko,
>> You may want to consider removing the cabin sole and try removing the
>> remaining fuel that may be trapped between the liner and the hull
>with a
>> shop vac. Until you are certain that all fuel is  purged from under
>the
>> liner you may not know how much more is available to leak into the
>bilge
>> area if your bilge leaks to and from the area below the liner and
>bilge
>> liner.
>> 
>> I have found that both Dawn and Simple Green do a good job when
>cleaning up
>> fuel.
>> Rick
>> C320 1995 My-Ria Hull 277
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of
>markojammik55
>> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2014 10:05 PM
>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>> Subject: [C320-list] Winter fuel surprise
>> 
>> Over the winter I had a fuel leak and it was my tank. I  am currently
>having
>> a new tank installed. After launching this weekend the fuel that had
>settled
>> underneath and now has surfaced in my bilge. Over the winter it was
>sitting
>> lower in the stern to allow for drainage on the cradle therefore the
>fuel
>> was located in the stern area not the bilge.  After launch the boat
>levelled
>> off and the hidden fuel leaked into the bilge. After removing what I
>could I
>> still have diesel in to the bilge. Can anyone tell how I can remove
>the
>> remainder of the fuel. I have tried dish soap and still have traces
>of fuel.
>> Any remedies would be much appreciated 
>> 
>> Marko  Jamnik
>> Lake Ontario
>> Marquesas 1995
>> 

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