Andrew Means
Member III
So my E27 has an aluminum tank that got a bunch of 'varnish' inside and it ended up killing at least one of the three outboards which have seen service on the Wino Country Safari (and being a prime suspect in the other's demise).
We switched to portable plastic tanks, which work fine but aren't large, and have to be re-filled in the cockpit while we're motoring longer distances (which invariably involves spills).
So I'd like to replace the tank with a new plastic one, but it is presently half-full of 2 year old gasoline and I can't really figure out how to get the gas out. Siphoning it seems like the simplest thing, but I don't know how we would get a plastic tank any lower than the aluminum tank, and we'd have to use a bunch of different plastic tanks...
Is there a way to pump the gas out of the tank? Anybody got any ideas?
Once we get the tank dry(ish) I'll want to remove it, and I think that will necessitate some cutting - what's the best way to make sure there aren't fumes waiting to blow the whole boat up?
We switched to portable plastic tanks, which work fine but aren't large, and have to be re-filled in the cockpit while we're motoring longer distances (which invariably involves spills).
So I'd like to replace the tank with a new plastic one, but it is presently half-full of 2 year old gasoline and I can't really figure out how to get the gas out. Siphoning it seems like the simplest thing, but I don't know how we would get a plastic tank any lower than the aluminum tank, and we'd have to use a bunch of different plastic tanks...
Is there a way to pump the gas out of the tank? Anybody got any ideas?
Once we get the tank dry(ish) I'll want to remove it, and I think that will necessitate some cutting - what's the best way to make sure there aren't fumes waiting to blow the whole boat up?