Recreated the situation by over filling my fuel tank again right to the
deck........climbed into the lazarette with tools/lights and
observed.....small amount of diesel leaking at the hose - tank
connection......approx. 4 complete turns on the two SS hose clamp screws
and the leak stopped.
Mystery solved!
A few years back, I had a similar issue with antifreeze in the
bilge.....turns out one of the antifreeze bleed screws on the engine had
come loose and simply needed tightening.
If only all boat issues were this simple.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
On 2017-08-01 10:22 AM, robert via CnC-List wrote:
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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