THATS IT

Well got home today and started pumping fuel,
the car's full, the trucks full, the seadoo boat is full, the lawn tractors full,
the neighbors boats full etc!!!!

Made arrangements to take the boat back to Fountain.
Gail lane and Martin Sanborn were just GREAT to deal with.
They are willing to work with me on the overall cost of the repair.

The customer service is a first class operation just as the Fountain Power Boats are!!!

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!

Joe Pasko

US1 Fountain

I wonder if it wouldn't be a good idea to have drain hole thru the rear bulkhead with the gas tank out just in case some water does get into that compartment??

BTW, with no drain holes, how did the fuel get into the bilge? The holes for the fuel lines to the motors? Those are pretty high up.

10x

I've got a 89 10 meter, and 3 seasons ago I went through the same problem. Both fuel tanks were leaking. When we cut the floor out and got the tanks pulled out, I found a 1" diameter tube that was glassed into the floor of the hull on both sides of the center stringer. It comes from the cabin and I assume it's a drain for the cabin since there is a drain in the cabin floor right where you step down into the cabin.
My wife noticed the smell of gas when she went into the cabin, and I found the carpet wet around the drain. It was wet from fuel. So I assume when the tanks leaked, the fuel went foreward to the cabin, and then drained back down to the bilge through the 2 drains along the center stringers.

Mine only leaked when the tanks were more than 90% full. But when they leaked you could see a trickle of fuel running down both sides of the center stringer in the bilge!!! As soon as the tanks were around 3/4 full, they did'nt leak at all, or at least I did'nt see any fuel in the bilge, and did'nt smell anything either.

Good choice, the only one you have, FIX the fuel leak.
Frank

H2Xmark

I had a leak on my port side tank only when full, it was the gasket on the fuel tank sendor leaking, a simple change of the gasket fixed my problem.

Back4More

Glad to hear Fountain is standing behind it.

10x

Lucky dog you.

p4-33

I had a leak in my '86 10-Meter's fuel tank, much like 10x's, fuel getting into the cabin, draining back into bilge. Mine also only leaked when they were full.

I had Fountain install new ones back in the winter of 2003. Port tank was 1248.53, Stbd tank was 1199.95. Labor to remove old tanks, 480... labor to install new tanks, floor, carpet was 960. Grand total was $3888.48. (with 15% racers discount on parts)

They did a great job on the whole operation.

Sorry, buddy. I feel for ya

Brian

THATS IT

I'm taking the boat to Fountain on Nov. 4th.

I'm still not sure how the fuel is getting into the bilge area.
That area is completely sealed off as far as I can see.
We have a bilge pump in the step as you enter the cabin. But never smelled or seen gas in there, in fact its pretty dry.
I was talking to someone and they said there was a pvc tube in the haul but when I told him about the bilge in the step he thought they may have stopped putting in.
If there is a tube where does it enter the bilge area.......cause I can't see/find it.

Joe

10x

Joe
That tube should be on both sides of the center stringer, and it ends right at the bulkhead just behind your rear seat.

monstaaa

i had a customer with an 00 38, and the tank was leaking around the bung for the pickup. fountain use s.s pickups in aluminum tanks, and as we all know that initiates a fast acting electrolysis problem due to dis-similiar metals. long story short, i cut the floor up in the bilge just behind the bulkhead, around a 11 by 30 whole, and just cut the tank area with the bungs in it out and welded in a new plate with bungs in it.
we thoroughly flushed the tanks with water and while welding filled the tanks with co2 for safety.