jmilanette
Junior Member
In doing my spring clean-up in my 1983 E-28+ I found that what I thought was a small amount of spilled engine oil in the bilge turns out to definitely be diesel fuel (the odor is a dead give-away). There is no oil in the engine compartment beside some that I had previously spilled, and thought I had cleaned up sufficiently. Can diesel in the bilges be anything beside a leaking fuel tank? BTW, the engine compartment is dry and clean. Does anyone have any recommendations on how to check this out further (and cost effectively)? I understand it may not be a lot of oil, as it floats on top of the water and there's some dilution, but I pumped about two gallons out of the bilges yesterday and at least a quart of that was oil. This boat is on the hard and I think it will stay there until I have this figured out, but am at a loss as to the next step.