[C320-list] Fuel Tank Issue

[sail-ability at sympatico.ca]

Just to add my two cents; boats of my vintage 1999, were suffering fuel tank failures. I took the tank out and had it cleaned and inspected, preventive maintenance. The tank tested OK so cost me $100 for piece of mind. I also took advantage of the tank removal to replace all fuel lines plus the tank fill line. Survey guy said it needed doing anyways. COVID got me sitting on the bank and just looking at the boat on the Hard!! Someday Soon....
JohnM
1999#574

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> On Apr 21, 2020, at 6:15 PM, Mark Cole <boatnboot at me.com> wrote:
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> David;
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> Yes, I think replacing the tank is the way to go, especially with a boat of your age.  The tank I got from Catalina Direct came with an access port installed and no baffle so you can clean the entire tank from that single access port.  Another key addition to keeping your fuel tank happy is to add an H2Out moisture absorber to the fuel vent line.  They aren’t very expensive and absorb the moisture that enters through the fuel vent as you use fuel.  Easy to install, too.  Here is the website if you want to take a look:  https://h2out.com/fuel-guard-avd-2/ <https://h2out.com/fuel-guard-avd-2/>
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> Mark Cole
> Fiddler’s Green #8
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>> On Apr 21, 2020, at 1:07 PM, David Veeneman <davidv at veeneman.com> wrote:
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>> Thanks for all the great advice and info. It’s a no-brainer; I’ll replace the tank.
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>> The critical factor for me is that the original tank has a baffle that would necessitate adding two access ports to the tank. However, the tank installation would only give me ready access to one of them.
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>> Dave Hupe steered me to a thread from last year that discussed the issue. Mark Cole put a new tank in Fiddler’s Green and discussed the process of installing the new tank. The thread was very helpful.
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>> David Veeneman
>> Dana Point, CA
>> SV Adelante, C320 #131
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