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Walking down the pontoon last night thinking I must top up the fresh water tank,Ah she's already got the hose in.......THE DIESEL FILLER

bugger

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Oh Dear,

Well i hope you've got a good water seperator!!/forums/images/icons/wink.gif



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I've done that myself once and the water hose was running for a few minutes before I realised. Just keep a very close eye on the pre filter/water separator and drain the water off regularly. Also be careful not to run the tanks close to empty. You'll probably find that the exhaust has more white smoke in it for a while
If you've put a lot of water in the tanks, then you may have to get the tanks drained
Just be thankful you didnt do it the other way round and put diesel in the water tank. The water would be tainted for ever and you'd probably end up replacing the tank and fittings

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Luckily the water seperator is lower than the tank,so took the bowl off it and drained the water into the bilge (took 2 hours)Also the fuel tank has a lower take off on the bottom of the tank,and one about an inch higher in the side of the tank.Wonder if the designer had a helpful wifey too?
Good thing is she now feels guilty so I can probably get away with buying some toys.

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Damn right!

Oh absolutly is this the right time for some new toys.....milk it, milk it for all it's worth.
Man after my own heart ;-)

And after that, every time something goes wrong with the boat "ITS BECAUSE SOMEONE PUT BLOODY WATER IN THE DIESEL" some more new toys...
Milk it son, make us proud.

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It works then!! If you don't like doing something, cock it up. All the fenders I tie on end up falling in .... oops /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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since when has WATER bin spelt FUE..........o crikey never mind.

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Yes Julie, but it doesn't work because we know what they're up to

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diesel in water tank

Piers did that last year, filled water with diesel. On his princess, not the Fleming. He boiled a kettle, tea tasted funny, then he realised. Dave Street at Berthon (who knows everthing about boat fixing) had some magic potion that flushed it out and fixed everything, if I recall

At least that's what he said. He did then sell the princess, maybe was because brushing teeth was never quite the same again......hmmm

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Shamed to say. I did this a few years ago. Not sure if your remidy will work. Depends how much water. I took the drain plug out of the tank for a start and watched the water come out till it went red, then replaced plug with tap and pipe, so any more water would eventualy arive down the pipe. Nother tap at the end, I forgot to say. Problem was soon sorted, but course needed watching for a few weeks. Stick som Soltron in the tank to get rid of the last few drops.

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The thing is,she said it was because it was dark and one of the other fillers said coolant.SO WHY USE THE ONE THAT SAID DIESEL INSTEAD OF THE ONE THAT SAID WATER.I still don't understand feminine logic,oh and we do have several torches although she could see the one that said coolant in the dark(must advise the US to remove any stickers that say coolant from their stealth aircraft).I can see a chartplotter on the horizon!

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Thats nowt. I left mine on the fly bridge driving. old her it wason auto. We were in the fog and asked her to look out while I went down to switch on the radar and GPS. I looked up and there was a whole cliff face in front. Ran upstairs and stopped the boatand asked why she had not seen it. She said. But you said it was on AUTO!!! Gulp.

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Haydn
 
Yup,going into Eastbourne she took the helm while I put the fenders out and when I looked up there was the lifeboat moored about 2 feet in front of us,nothing else around and of course led to the compulsory argument while going through the lock(you know the sort everyone gathers round up the top to listen to)All my fault of course and you can stick the boat up your **** rang round the lock walls.
Bless em all.

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