Fairline Turbo 36 leaking fuel tank

[Chill]

A friend has a leak on the starboard fuel tank, anyone know where he can get a replacement tank and cost? its already been removed.

Thanks

 

[BruceK]

Are you looking to have one fabricated and pressure tested or off the shelf?

 

[Chill]

Guess a new one fabricated unless you know of one the correct size ready to go

 

[Bandit]

Depends on age my sedan 36 steel tanks rotted out on the top.
I doubt if you can get an original suggest getting one made to suit..
i believe they later had aluminium and stainless

 

[superheat6k]

I believe Tek Tanks will make a plastic tank to a specific design out of plastic which has many advantages.

I wouldn't personally consider aluminium, and whereas stainless is a superior material to mild steel it can suffer crevice corrosion where it sits on damp rubber pads, and poor quality welds can also develop corrosion pits.

A further option to consider is lining the existing tank with either a bladder or a several layers of GRP, using a resin that is completely inert to diesel fuel.

 

[Bandit]

When you ask Tek Tanks about diesel they get a bit vague.

Aluminium suffers from corrosion with fuel bug.

Stainless steel can suffer on the welds with flexing and panting.

The Turbo 36 is at least 25 years old so Steel is a good option blasted and well painted.

When I replaced the tanks in my Sedan 36 I put back steel tanks and increased the total capacity to 1850 litres I also built in a sump with a drain to remove water and debris .

also replace vent line and gauze as well as filler line.

 

[BruceK]

Look up Jay Wolfe fabrication. They specialise in marine tank fabrication and are CE marked. No personal experience of them other than I have them in my bookmarks as I want to change out my water tank next season.

 

[Paul_T36]

I have recently taken ownership of a Turbo 36 (1989) and due to the age of the boat it did cross my mind that if the fuel tanks did ever needed replacing how would I get them out?
I dont suppose you know how much of the boat needed dismantling to get them out? I absolutely love the Turbo 36 (which really softens the blow of selling my previous boat) and have no intention of parting with it so I am confident one day I will have to replace mine and I would be interested to understand how much work was involved getting them out.

For my previous boat I had to replace a corroded fresh water tank, I had a plastic one custom made by henderson plastics and I was happy with it, they also make fuel tanks as well if its any help.
http://www.hendersons.co.uk/boattank/plastic-diesel-tank.html

 

[rosssavage]

I have recently taken ownership of a Turbo 36 (1989) and due to the age of the boat it did cross my mind that if the fuel tanks did ever needed replacing how would I get them out?
I dont suppose you know how much of the boat needed dismantling to get them out? I absolutely love the Turbo 36 (which really softens the blow of selling my previous boat) and have no intention of parting with it so I am confident one day I will have to replace mine and I would be interested to understand how much work was involved getting them out.

For my previous boat I had to replace a corroded fresh water tank, I had a plastic one custom made by henderson plastics and I was happy with it, they also make fuel tanks as well if its any help.
http://www.hendersons.co.uk/boattank/plastic-diesel-tank.html

Step one: Remove engines....

 

[dj43]

Look up Jay Wolfe fabrication. They specialise in marine tank fabrication and are CE marked. No personal experience of them other than I have them in my bookmarks as I want to change out my water tank next season.[/QUOT

Can throughly recommend this company, I changed the fuel tanks on our last boat Sealine F43, tanks were extra range so larger than standard , took him existing tanks and he made new ones exact copy plus I added drain off,s each end , made refitting them much easier as all connections/ trappings were the same plus they were a very tight fit , managed to do all the work myself ,after a lot of teeth sucking from the locals,
Also completed all work without removing the engines,

 

[Boat2016]

Step one: Remove engines....

Why ?