Replace your fuel fill hose. I hadn't thought about doing that until one
day when I was working in a locker, brushed up against the fuel fill hose
and noticed cracks. I replaced it immediately, and then went about
replacing all of my hoses.
Alan Bergen
35 Mk iii Thirsty
Rose City YC
Portland, OR
On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 4:30 AM, Nauset Beach via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> 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
> *Cc:* Dennis C.
> *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> 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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