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I recently purchased a 27' 1971 C & C and on Christmas Day I went to the local dock to view my new toy - upon arrival I found that the gas tank had ruptured and approx. 9 US gals had drained into the cabin. Has anyone else had this problem - the tank itself appears to be original.
Look under Black Arts >> Hyperion's New Engine, where you will find that Ralph Ainslie removed his gas tank to clean it during the conversion and found its bottom paper-thin. I seem to remember we posted a warning shortly after ("Fuel tank warning", March 04) for people with steel tanks to check them -- a warning that unfortunately antedated your visits to the Forum. Later tanks are aluminum.
David Weatherston
Towser, Toronto
C&C 27 Mk IV
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David Weatherston
Towser, Toronto
C&C 27 Mk IV
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Has anyone had any problems with their Monel tanks?
Mike M
SV Wind Horse
#375
Galveston, Tx
Mike M
SV Wind Horse
#375
Galveston, Tx
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Don't be carefree with aluminum either. On a previous boat I had one fail due to corrosion although it was hefty built, it was only 10 years old. Fortunately, it was diesel and was simply a ghastly mess. By the way, baby shampoo is a great cleanup/stinkfixer in one step.
Warren Smith (AKA Tropical Warren)
Serendipity
Galveston Bay, Texas
I'll try baby shampoo - I am having some difficulty eliminating the odour - this is however, a gas engine housed in the cabin area and I don't this smell can be completed eliminated. Thanks for the suggestion.
Lemon-scented Sunlight dish soap is a good smell remover. You should give your bilges a good scrub with a brush to get rid of anything that will hold the smell and air the boat out well.
You don't want any residual smell because the smell of gas in the boat is warning signal no. 1 that you've got a dangerous fuel leak somewhere. (An organic chemist once told me that good instruments sense aromatic chemicals in parts per million, while a good human nose can peg them in parts per trillion. According to him, your best defence against dangerous vapours is to smell the air exhausted by your blower - which you can't do reliably if that air is compromised by the smell of long-gone gasoline.)
David Weatherston
Towser, Toronto
C&C 27 Mk IV
David Weatherston
Towser, Toronto
C&C 27 Mk IV
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