One Spring day, when the temperature rose, I had diesel running down the
side of my hull from the vent hose just under rail because I did the
same thing, put diesel in the hose leading up to the deck fill......it
expanded but it never made its way to the bilge though .
Hoping you are right in that it make be a loose connection in a hose.
Will burn off about a gallon of diesel today (get the diesel out of the
fill hose) and see if the problem goes away.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
On 2017-08-01 10:33 AM, Matthew L. Wolford via CnC-List wrote:
One year I overfilled my diesel tank for winter storage (so that fuel
was in the hose leading to the deck fill). Diesel fuel ended up in the
bilge, and I discovered that it is tenacious when it comes to seeping
through things. Unlike the water in the bilge, the fuel found its way
through the C&C smile, which is how I discovered it. I figured it
probably worked its way through the hose connecting point.
-----Original Message----- From: robert via CnC-List
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2017 9:22 AM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Cc: robert
Subject: Stus-List Diesel in bilge
Sailed yesterday, got back to the slip, crack open a beer but smell
diesel fuel in the cabin. Check the bilge and there is about 500 mls of
fluid there......half water and half diesel....I take it out with a
sponge, first in a clear plastic container where you can clearly see two
different liquids then pour it in a plastic bottle to dispose at our
recycle depot at the club. The bottle holds 555 mls and it was almost
full so I know how much diesel there was. Couldn't find the source
yesterday. The other day, I filled the fuel tank, over filled it almost
to the deck. Thinking it may have expanded in the heat but it should
have gone overboard from the overfill hose. Bottom of fuel tank was
dry. No loss of engine power so the fuel line doesn't seem to be
leaking. Mystery???
Any ideas where I should concentrate on for the source of it?
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
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