CliffA
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- Dec 29, 2009
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- Boat Info
- 2001 Sea Ray 340DA
Name: 'Happy Place'
4.5kW West. Generator
Purchased Nov. 2014
Fresh Water Use
- Engines
- Twin Merc. 6.2L (MPI)
640 hp (Total)
Raw Water Cooled
V-Drive Transmissions
i had an aluminum tank in my first boat....it was a 1986 Chris craft 18' bow rider....it was a very nice boat and well kept through the years....i stored the boat during winter on its trailer at home behind my workshop....when i was going to get it ready for the boating season one year i smelled gas.....after investigating i found the gas dripping from the garboard drain.....i found that the leaking gas was coming from the fuel tank...when i removed the tank (interesting experinece in that boat) i found the bottom of the aluminum tank very corroded and had several pin holes.....instead of having a completely new tank made i found a fabricator shop that simply replaced the bottom half of the tank....everything except the bottom of the tank was still in good shape....i think what happened is the drain through the bulkhead walls got clogged and did not allow water to drain out from under the tank very well...as a result the bottom of the tank was exposed directly to water for extended periods of time.....that is one good thing about aluminum tanks....they can be repaired...plastic tanks made from PEX cannot be repaired, or at least that is what i was told by Moller.....
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