The boat is sitting on stands (thought I was at the end of a restoration
project)... all fittings are dry... caused a change of pressure to the
fuel tank moving a pipe for the fuel fill trying to remove the old fill
hose... top and side of tank are dry... we started the day, a rainy day, we
thought we'd finish assembling the engines but not a chance... no gas
fumes... started cleaning and organizing as only a few weekends left till
having her picked up for return to the sea... old, deteriorating fuel fill
hose needs replacing so I went to remove the hose... it would not budge...
but I caused a pressure change in the tank...

Me thinks (scary thought after a few tequila shots to get over this
discovery) the pressure change shifted some sediment over a hole and thus
the leak...

So a clean bidge with some clean water then became topped with petrolium...
thus the though there is a leak in the big tank under a finished floor...
thus the need to figure out how to test it to confirm and also the need to
drink more...



"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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Is there a strong smell of gasoline in the bilge? Could be a case of
sloppy
fittings, but if you're leaking gasoline out of the tank in any quantity
at all
it's going to smell pretty stong.

Do you have water in your bilge? Is there a petrochemical film on top?

What makes you suspect that you have a leaky tank?