burgundyben
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Exactly what I could do. Chop the leaky tank out in tiny bits and hurl them in the river. Make up a mock up tank slightly smaller and check it can easily slide and out, then fabricate new one.
Fuel tank leak
- Thread starter Bouba
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Exactly what I could do. Chop the leaky tank out in tiny bits and hurl them in the river. Make up a mock up tank slightly smaller and check it can easily slide and out, then fabricate new one.
jakew009
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you don’t even need to cut it into tiny bits. Chop a man size hole in the front of it then sit it in and chop it in half.
then slide the top half out followed by the bottom.
petem
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What do your insurance company say?
Mr Googler
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non parle anglais monsieur
julians
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they probably say damage caused by corrosion is excluded ;-)
Bouba
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When we get the quote (and possibly a letter stating the likely cause) I will start looking at insurance or the manufacturer
Bouba
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Except that corrosion can has many causes....
stelican
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You would only need to cut the top off.
Robin
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Which for peace of mind in future neds to be identified or it could make this an annual event.
burgundyben
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Yeah, I realise that, I'd chop it into little bits out of spite.
I might even post them back to Bendytoy for the utterly c**tish act of building a boat like that.
petem
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We know what it's going to cost - €thousands !
I think I'd be reading the policy and notifying them in case they want to appoint a loss adjuster / surveyor / get alternative quotes, etc. You don't want even more delay do you?
Bouba
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They can send adjusters if they want but it’s not practical to take the boat from door to door...this yard are Beneteau dealers and without their diagnosis we don’t have a story to take to the insurance company...in theory I didn’t really know where the leak was from until they took the boat apart
Croftie
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I know it has probably been mentioned in the 900+ posts but can you remind me of the make/model of the boat we are talking about
Bouba
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Beneteau Swift Trawler 34
Mr Googler
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Bouba
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Except that the wife made me shave...
Portofino
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It can’t be only a hole at the base other wise it would have emptied .You say you dropped the level to determine the level earlier ?
Bin it and get the yard to fit a tank properly.On custom beds , strapped down with visible access all round .
A proper tank with a drain able sump , sight glass ( cocked ) .
As it is it’s too tight , it getting hull flex forces and stress cracking .
I can’t see any yellow / green Earth wires in any pics thus far btw .It ought to be connected to an anode on the outside of the hull .
I would buy a off the shelf glass fibre tank or polymer and retro fit it .
Leave the engine beds because chopping them = entering shaft alignment issues = another thread from Bouba “ my boat vibrates “;
Infact re glass them Fwds to strengthen the thing !plonk a simple rectangular tank back on with min angles / welds / seams etc .KISS shape wise .
My 4 ( twin engined ) bearers run stern to bow the full L of the hull .
Bin it and get the yard to fit a tank properly.On custom beds , strapped down with visible access all round .
A proper tank with a drain able sump , sight glass ( cocked ) .
As it is it’s too tight , it getting hull flex forces and stress cracking .
I can’t see any yellow / green Earth wires in any pics thus far btw .It ought to be connected to an anode on the outside of the hull .
I would buy a off the shelf glass fibre tank or polymer and retro fit it .
Leave the engine beds because chopping them = entering shaft alignment issues = another thread from Bouba “ my boat vibrates “;
Infact re glass them Fwds to strengthen the thing !plonk a simple rectangular tank back on with min angles / welds / seams etc .KISS shape wise .
My 4 ( twin engined ) bearers run stern to bow the full L of the hull .
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DavidJ
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Sorry, it will be back there somewhere but what year?
Seastoke
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Could dog piss have corroded it.