Is there a method to test the condition of a diesel fill hose? Something similar to wrapping a warm wet rag around an old sanitation hose? As diesel is not as volatile as gas would guess hoses carrying diesel would last longer… ?? And it is not like the fuel was sitting in the hose as the route from deck fill to tank is nearly vertical.
AFAIK - The diesel fill hose on my boat is original. The exterior “looks” old but there are no cracks or any surface damage visible. I have to replace the deck fill fitting this spring, but would rather not play with the fill hose to the tank if I do not have to. Its path behind cabinetry makes it a royal PITA to access, and appears to require taking too much of the cabinetry apart. Thanks, Brian From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dennis C. via CnC-List Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2018 4:42 PM To: CnClist <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Dennis C. <capt...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List PSS shaft seal - now hoses Hear! Hear! High on my list! In the 1st 4 months I had Touche' I replaced all the thru hull hoses, the alcohol stove hose, and all the engine hoses. The two I didn't think about were the fuel fill hose and shaft log hose. I was painfully reminded of the former after filling the tank one day and smelling gasoline throughout the boat. The inner and outer layers of the old hose had separated allowing gasoline to find its way between the layers. The vapors seeped out of the outer layer. Replaced it promptly. I replaced the shaft log hose during the diesel re-power process a couple years later. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 3:31 PM, Len Mitchell via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: BUT many of us have 30+ year old boats with the original rubber stuffing box hose plus other old hoses. You have to ask yourself do you trust $5 worth of old rubber hose to hold the water out? Crazy Legs has 3 sink drains, 2 sea water intakes plus the stuffing box. Don’t forget the old rubber poo hose and fuel hose! Put your hand up if you have original rubber hose somewhere! Check yours out, mine had cracks along the surface of the hoses and I wasn’t comfortable leaving it that way. Len Mitchell SV Crazy Legs 1989 37 + Midland On
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