We are on our 2nd Uniflite.I had the leaking tanks with the yellowish stuff along the edge of the wood brace on the deck the tanks sit on with both boats.Your best soloution-REPLCE THE TANKS!!
----- Original Message ----- From: john hamilton To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 6:22 AM Subject: Re: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Fuel Tanks..... I had a pair of tanks made to order by a company in Bellingham. They were pretty good to work with. John --- On Wed, 8/11/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Fuel Tanks..... To: "UnifliteWorld" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2010, 5:55 AM I really appreciate all the input.I may well have a combination of issues going on here. But, I'm fairly sure the issue is the fuel tanks themselves as, along with other misc. crud, I'm getting a fair amount of that sand-like stuff that comes about as a galvanized fuel tank begins to break down. If that's the case, I figure I have to either replace the tanks or "restore" them with some sort of of boil-out and epoxy coating process. Has anybody had any experience doing this? Any recommendations on getting tanks made? How about the fuel lines? Can they be cleaned or do they need to be replaced also? Thanks, MAH On Aug 8, 8:42 pm, Rich Zimmerman <[email protected]> wrote: > It may not be your tanks. Much of the fuel has 10% alcohol added, which tends > to clean the dirt from inside the tanks and clogs the filters for a while. Keep > changing them. It also attacks the rubber hose, so be sure to change out any > that is not Alcohol rated. > > It also loses octane very fast and attacks moisture which causes water in the > tanks. > > If the tanks are fiberglass, they will be ruined as it will eat through. Drain > the water from the water separating filter each time you go out. Be very > cautious in the spring as a full tank will absorb water from the air and a empty > tank will sweat. There's two schools of thought as to which way is better to > put in up. > > Google it, there's all kinds of write ups and some magic snake oil to fix it. > Star Tron may help. > > Hatteras built boats with tanks as part of the hull. They need to be split and > bladders or aluminum tanks need to be inserted. > > Thanks > > Rich Zimmerman > > ________________________________ > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: UnifliteWorld <[email protected]> > Sent: Sun, August 8, 2010 10:52:48 AM > Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Fuel Tanks..... > > I'm pretty new to this site and to Uniflite ownership. bought a 1970 > 27' Express about a month and a half ago. It's in reasonable shape, > twin 318's,but I don't really think it's been used much in the past > 8-10 years. Just been mostly sitting at the dock. > > Well, since I've bought it, I've been running it. Almost every day. > Figure I'll work the bugs out of it plus make my list off projects for > the off-season. Biggest issue so far: Fuel tanks. > > The port tank is really bad. Full of crud. Ran it about 55nm yesterday > and had to replace the canister filter element three times. The > starboard tank is better, not nearly as much junk. But here is one > issue: When I try to run both engines off the starboard tank, the port > engine will behave like it's starved for fuel, won't go above 2600RPM > or so. Wasn't like that just a month ago when I bought it. > > Otherwise, I think these tanks are going to have to go. Anybody with > any thoughts, ideas or recommendations? > > Thanks, > > MAH > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "UnifliteWorld" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en.
