I bought a Scanmar 35 in Norfolk back in May and motor sailed her 180 miles to her new home near Chestertown. The boat motored well all the way there but now I am finding the fuel tank is spewing watery debris infested fuel into my fuel lines. It takes mere minutes to foul the water separator. Fuel gauge read about 1/3 tank and I have a 40 gallon tank. This weekend I will check the accuracy of the tank gauge to be sure I am not sucking sediment off the bottom but that aside there is an awfully lot of sediment in the tank. I do not believe this is the case as I sucked out 5 gallons of fouled fuel out until the fuel appeared to be running clean last week. Took the boat out and after about 45 minutes, sure enough, fouled the filter stalling the engine. My questions:
1. Somewhere along the way some genius T-d the HOLDING tank vent hose into the fuel tank vent hose. If the holding tank became full (which it did) would it be likely that I could have inadvertently pumped waste from the holding tank down into the fuel tank? Brings new meaning to "my engine is running [email protected]%ty"
2. How can I get the sediment out of tank since draining fuel off did not alleviate the issue?
Any and all help/suggestions welcome.
Mike
1. Somewhere along the way some genius T-d the HOLDING tank vent hose into the fuel tank vent hose. If the holding tank became full (which it did) would it be likely that I could have inadvertently pumped waste from the holding tank down into the fuel tank? Brings new meaning to "my engine is running [email protected]%ty"
2. How can I get the sediment out of tank since draining fuel off did not alleviate the issue?
Any and all help/suggestions welcome.
Mike