Thank you guys. I'll check those things when I get back to the boat...hopefully tomorrow.
--- In [email protected], "Ralph Ahseln" <rahs...@...> wrote: > > I'd second the Vent hose check. > > If you've had an "Over fill" during a fueling, and there is even a slight > Dip in the hose, Fuel will be captured there. > If the hose has a crack or nick there...You've got a Diesel stink spot. > Also, the next time you fuel up.. that little bit of fuel will Spit out of > the vent. Forced out by air pressure .. Not nice if not caught in time... > > Ralph Ahseln > "Oblio" > Lying Portland Oregon > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: rspe...@... > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 5:57 PM > Subject: Re: [IC27A] Re: C-27 Diesel Smell > > > > I'm working on a similar situation, so here are some thoughts. > > Check all the fuel hoses, and vents. > > Check the fuel hoses from the fuel filler hose to the tank, from the tank > to the filters, the return hose from the engine to the tank. There is also > a > vent hose that goes out the transom - sometimes spiders like to plug up > this outlet. > > If you can't find it by feel, try blowing powder around on the inside > bottom of the boat. Then check in a day or so for traces of fuel that have > run > down the powder. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
