A boat fuel tank overflow can be caused by a clog in the vent.
Problems filling boat gas tank.
The fuel tank vent is located on the outside of the boat normally relatively close to the fill port on the gunwale of the boat.
Original equipment manufacturers mechanics and boat dealers as well as the american petroleum institute the steel tank institute and other well intentioned professionals have offered widely differing opinions in the past on whether to leave tanks full or empty during storage but recently they have come to the same conclusion.
Since it s not pressurized filling it can be more troublesome.
Your boat may sit for months in the off season and your car rarely.
A boat s gas tank is different from your car s gas tank.
The nozzle continually shut down as if the tank were full until a gusher of gas spewed from the vent.
The first time fuel is introduced to the a fuel tank be aware of the interaction of cold raw fuel vapors replacing air on occasion a vapor pressure can occur producing spit back anomalies.
It was difficult to put gas in the tank.
Then i could fill up just fine.
Taking a look on the outside of the hull and seeing if the vent is even there if it is corroded broken or upside down.
Pressure may be present when opening your deck fill regardless of system type.
If fuel gets into the water you can get into trouble quickly so you can t continue to boat with a small leak.
The video didn t say a single thing about why we have a hard time filling our gas tanks it was an advertisement for a new tank fill system perko has come up with.
There s no other way to work out when my tank s full as i have no way of determining how much fuel is in the tank to begin with.
Owners should only open the fuel cap for refueling.
Knowing the tank can t possibly be full i keep working on filling the tank at a rate of less than a gallon per click until 10 12 possibly more gallons later i see gas come out of the tube.
