Fuel Leak

[golf]

I have a fuel leak ( Diesel ) Getting fuel in the bilge .Ihave put news papers under the tanlk but still cant find leak position ? Is there any product on the market similar to radweld that I can put in the tank to solve problem. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[Frontier]

There is a Plastic Padding type product called Leak Fix, not sure if it would work, could try a web search.

 

[Kawasaki]

Don't put anything in Your Fuel tank to try and stop a leak!

 

[AdeOlly]

Don't put anything into the fuel!!
I've had a minor fuel leak into the bilges and it was simply one of the bleed off pipes from an injector that needed tightening. Most likely coming from an injector or fuel pipe connection to filters or pump. If you dry all potential joints for leaks and then run the engines up on the berth you should see some wetness after a while around the offending item.

Which engines do you haver and how much fuel is leaking?

 

[golf]

300 volvos
leaking a gallon a month havnt moved boat for six months doing some work on it on checking biges found leak
3 tanks with balance pipes ? have recently pumped off 150 lt diesel and shut off all three feeds 2 to engines 1 to eberspathcer ? still getting leak

 

[macnorton]

sounds like a problem with the tank?

 

[mjkinch1]

I had a problem with a tiny tiny hole in one of the hoses from the fuel pump to the injectors - sat in the engine room with the engines running was the only way I found it. Having said that it only happened after a trip, so it was more obvious than just finding fuel in the bilges. Quite messy though, and a pain to clear up, although I have *very* clean bilges in the engine room! Hope you find it OK, its quite unnerving finding fuel slopping around.

 

[makkers]

Agreed, for the volume it does sound like a leak from the tank. Can we establish if the leak is when underway or berthed up? Or both?

And does it leak when tank is full/ half full etc??

A bit more investigation into the circustances that may generate forcing fuel into the bilge will point us in the direction of the root cause.

I have had the unfortunate experienceof a split tank so know a little about this subject.

 

[golf]

fuel leak reply to makker

Reply to makkers post the boat has not moved for six months and i have pumped off 150 lts fuel tanks x3 all isolated now from each other balance pipe to all three tanks now have about 10 gollons a piece in them
not going down this week end as weather cast awful but hope to get down in week
have glass fuel indicator and hope if i pump out fue each visit i will see on indictor when leak mstops and gives me an indicator of where tank leaks ?