Tank drain

[alpcon]

Two questions if I may.


I have a Glastron SX175 with a volvo penta 3l inboard.

1. She has been laid up for some time and I believe I may have some water in the fuel tank so I need to drain it completely can anyone help me with this.

2. The boat is now out of warranty so I intend to carry out servicing and repairs myself. Can anyone suggest a good workshop manual for the Volvo penta 3l.

I am based in the UK

Thanks

 

[ziggy]

Re: Tank drain

one of the members here likes to post this idea....
bow high. all the fuel and water will run to the back of the tank. do a siphon hose in the bottom edge of the tank. this is where the water will accumulate since it's heavyist. go thru the sending unit hole to go get the fuel or water. ya may be able to siphon off just the water this way.... as for the siphon itself. i use a plasic hand siphon pump i aquired at some auto parts store. then hooked up a oil siphon pump long reach tube designed to go down the dipstick tube to get where i wanted it to go inside the fuel tank...
can't help ya with the service manual. but if ya ain't got one. certainly pursue getting one... the oem one.... their worth their weight in gold..... maybe i should say oil.....

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: Tank drain

i use a hose small enough to go thru transom drain. then no need for pump.

 

[wavehitter]

Re: Tank drain

i use a hose small enough to go thru transom drain. then no need for pump.

I;ve got a stupid question. What is a Saftey Lanyard? I am totally new to this boating thing and I happen to see somewhere on here that , if your motor won't start you probably have the Saftey Lanyard on. I've got a 90 Johnson 2003. Do I even have a saftey Lanyard?:Sorry if I put this in the wrong place I didn't know where else to go.

 

[Silvertip]

Re: Tank drain

Yes -- you have a safety lanyard. It is a coiled cord that attaches to your clothing. The other end has a clip that slips around the kill switch beneath the key on a side mount control box or on the console if you have a key switch on the console. Should you be pitched overboard, the lanyard pulls the clip from the switch and the engine dies so it doesn't run over you or anyone else. The only thing you did wrong with your question is you stole someone elses thread. You should start your own thread when you have a question.

 

[wavehitter]

Re: Tank drain

Yes -- you have a safety lanyard. It is a coiled cord that attaches to your clothing. The other end has a clip that slips around the kill switch beneath the key on a side mount control box or on the console if you have a key switch on the console. Should you be pitched overboard, the lanyard pulls the clip from the switch and the engine dies so it doesn't run over you or anyone else. The only thing you did wrong with your question is you stole someone elses thread. You should start your own thread when you have a question.

OOOHHH. Thanks alot. We will make sure we do that. I thought it had something to do with the key, but didn't know what. Thanks again.

 

[alamosaddles]

Re: Tank drain

The only thing you did wrong with your question is you stole someone elses thread.

He didn't really steal the thread did he? I mean, it's still here.....It's a hijack...

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Re: Tank drain

Yes, a hi-jack, but it's all good, got his question answered.

 

[Silvertip]

Re: Tank drain

If the difference between the two terms is that in one case the item is not gone (as in hi-jacked) and in the other the item is gone (stolen - as in not there), then how is that a hi-jacked car is no longer there and I need to report it stolen? Pretty fine line here dudes.