Rugby15
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I am in the process of buying a Bayliner 2855 and the survey has pulled up a potential corrosion problem with the fuel tank, has anyone got experience of this? I am a first time buyer looking for a bit of help.
Corroding fuel tanks
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Twister_Ken
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Hi Rugby, welcome, but you're probably in the wrong place. I've pointed our mobo friends at your question, so they might gallop to your rescue.
Cornishman
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Twister_Ken is right about you being in the wrong place, but I have experience of your problem in sailing yachts with auxiliary diesel engines.
I was at one time responsible for maintaining a pair of Moody 33s which had fuel tanks of mild steel with only a single coat of red lead paint on the outside and Heaven knows what on the inside. The inevitable rust soon appeared in the first fuel filters and although they were steam cleaned and warm air dried after the first season it did not take long for rust to reappear, caused I guess by internal condensation.
I obtained funds to have built new tanks using 18/8 stainless steel. At that time, the mid 1980s, each new tank cost as far as I remember £110. These solved the problem, and I believe that one tank is still in use. The other yacht was sold a while ago and I have no idea where it is now.
I hope that this is of some help.
I was at one time responsible for maintaining a pair of Moody 33s which had fuel tanks of mild steel with only a single coat of red lead paint on the outside and Heaven knows what on the inside. The inevitable rust soon appeared in the first fuel filters and although they were steam cleaned and warm air dried after the first season it did not take long for rust to reappear, caused I guess by internal condensation.
I obtained funds to have built new tanks using 18/8 stainless steel. At that time, the mid 1980s, each new tank cost as far as I remember £110. These solved the problem, and I believe that one tank is still in use. The other yacht was sold a while ago and I have no idea where it is now.
I hope that this is of some help.
aquaholic
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Hi rugby, the best bet I think is to have a look on the Bayliner Owners Club website
http://pub12.ezboard.com/bbocweb
They are in the throws of changing over to a new website but the old one is still in use. Plenty of help advice from owners worldwide so I am sure they will be able to advise you if nobody here is able to.
http://pub12.ezboard.com/bbocweb
They are in the throws of changing over to a new website but the old one is still in use. Plenty of help advice from owners worldwide so I am sure they will be able to advise you if nobody here is able to.
enterprise
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Yes corrosion killed our tank.
The main consideration is how it will be removed, if I remember right this was discused regularly on the Bayliner owners club site & it involved some degree of cutting the aft berth bulkhead & floor out.
Once the tank is out though it can be fixed for around £200 with a process called TANK RE-NU which coates inside & out with a rubber type coating.
The process is guaranteed for three years (life if i was for a motor vehicle) but it is so well done that I would expect far more than this.
http://www.fueltanks.co.uk/pages/renu.html
The main consideration is how it will be removed, if I remember right this was discused regularly on the Bayliner owners club site & it involved some degree of cutting the aft berth bulkhead & floor out.
Once the tank is out though it can be fixed for around £200 with a process called TANK RE-NU which coates inside & out with a rubber type coating.
The process is guaranteed for three years (life if i was for a motor vehicle) but it is so well done that I would expect far more than this.
http://www.fueltanks.co.uk/pages/renu.html
vyv_cox
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You don't give us enough info to give a specific reply, and I know nothing about Bayliner boats. Carbon or mild steel tanks will always corrode, as the fuel will contain small amounts of water and internal condensation is inevitable. Stainless steel tanks can corrode at the welds if the choice of steel and electrode was incorrect when they were built.
One of my previous boats had a mild steel tank, in which corrosion was a big problem. Flakes of rust came off the internal surfaces, big enough to block the fuel pipe. This always happened at the most inopportune moment. I could fix it by reverse air pressure but it was far from ideal. I replaced the tank with a Vetus plastic one.
One of my previous boats had a mild steel tank, in which corrosion was a big problem. Flakes of rust came off the internal surfaces, big enough to block the fuel pipe. This always happened at the most inopportune moment. I could fix it by reverse air pressure but it was far from ideal. I replaced the tank with a Vetus plastic one.
Alrob
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this is a bit strange the tank in my 285 is plastic, how old is the boat ? I would have thought if it wasnt plastic it would have been aluminium
DAKA
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Baylinner 2855 should be really cheap and especially with a tank problem.
they are good boats but need to be cheap.
I had a 2651 with a petrol tank that leaked.
Hours of back breaking work to replace.
the boat is built with the tank in and then the top is put on.
the rear cabin floor has to be removed with a circular saw.
it does not come out easily as it is glued in with fibreglass.
they are good boats but need to be cheap.
I had a 2651 with a petrol tank that leaked.
Hours of back breaking work to replace.
the boat is built with the tank in and then the top is put on.
the rear cabin floor has to be removed with a circular saw.
it does not come out easily as it is glued in with fibreglass.
neale
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Comon problem on older Bayliners. Many from the late 80's and early 90's have suffered. Mine had to come out for a different reson and it involved cutting out the floor and removing through the cabin as the tank was below the midships berth. Someone on the Bayliner Owners Club website has docimented the proceedure on a 2855.
