In the future, it would be great if you could include your hull number. Sounds like a great winter project.įyi, I did a detail post on an attempt of upgrading my fuel tank, see Sounds like a big job, but actually not bad. I would leave it there a few weeks so all the remaining water would drain/evaporate, especially with a little rolling of the boat in the slip/mooring. I would then try to get as much water out as possible by repeated tilting & put the tank below, upside down with the port just above the bilge, to collect the rest of the water. Then put it upside-down on a dock box or something and put a garden hose to it thru the sender port with plenty of fresh dock water, being sure to direct a steady flow of water on all inside surfaces, especially the corners. This will give you a good observation as to the cleanliness of the fuel. The latter has the most elegant way of permanently showing the music played, with Bartunes you have to click on the icon to see the song name as part of the menu. If the polishing didn't work, you could remove the tank, drain the remaining diesel in a CLEAN white 5-gallon bucket. > wrote: Bartunes is suboptimal compared to Synergy. They are usually pretty price competitive on most parts, and if it doesn t fit for any reason, you can send it back.Īddison is right, no need replacing a perfectly good fuel tank that you know fits perfectly. Before going to WM for the aftermarket tank, I would personally contact Catalina for a price on an OEM tank. The good news however is that the tanks are only held in place with a few #10 or #12 screws and it shouldn't take more than an hour or so to swap the old for a new. If your fuel tank is otherwise serviceable, I would be very reluctant to throw out a perfectly good tank just because there is 'stuff ' in it. I have first hand experience with this one!

When times are tough some of the operators will run their tanks almost dry before getting a new load of fuel, so the garbage on the bottom of their tanks becomes the garbage on the bottom of your tank. I've been absolutely mortified by the crap that accumulates in bulk fuel storage tanks, even from the so called 'brand name' filling stations. Check the fuel that is going into your tank by filling jerry cans at your usual marina and then use a baja filter to strain all of the fuel before putting it into your tank. Our tanks are not so large that an hour of decent recirculation wouldn't get most of the nasties out.Ĥ. Call your fuel polishing guy and explain that his cleaning job didn't work and ask him to remediate, especially if you looked into your tank and saw 'stuff' that should have been sucked out. Are they securely fastened? or could they be allowing an air leak into the system when the boat is being sloshed around in higher waves? If the engine resumes normal operation when conditions become calmer, I would look here first!ģ. Check your fuel lines leading up to the injector pump. If you cannot see anything, then the problem may not be loose stuff in the tank.Ģ. You should be able to see if there is an accumulation of 'stuff' on the bottom of the tank.

FWIW a couple of things you might try before replacing the tank:ġ.Drain the tank yourself by removing the fuel sender unit.

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