The same thing happened to Trillium many years ago. Ended up paying a yard to clean out the tank, which solved the problem. Then a few years later replaced the tank completely when we rebuilt the engine. When removing the tank I put my finger through the bottom! At that point the tank was 40 years old.
Rob On Wed, Aug 4, 2021, 9:19 AM David Risch via CnC-List, < [email protected]> wrote: > I am putting my money on the pickup in the tank. Pull it and clean it. > If tank cruddy need be cleaned to avoid in future. > > Sent from my Android. Please forgive typos. Thank you. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Tom Buscaglia via CnC-List <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 3, 2021 11:35:04 PM > *To:* Stus-List <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Tom Buscaglia <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Stus-List Intermittent stalling > > We are off on a two week cruise. Second day running the engine starts to > falter, then stall. I check the Racor, no water. I did replace the fuel > pump last year after we ran out of fuel w the fuel tank half full. But it > seemed to be fine. > > She started and we stopped in a Edmonds to top off the tank, but it only > took 7 g. > > She then ran pretty solid for the next 2 hours with only a few issues. > > I have not changed the fuel filters for about 150 hours over two years. > > I am thinking that either the filters need replacing or the fuel pump just > does not lift the fuel enough. > > Any help is appreciated. > > Tom Buscaglia > S/V Alera > 1990 C&C 37+/40 > Vashon WAec > P 206.463.9200 > C 305.409.3660 > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
