Aquasport Osprey 175 - Water in Tank

pjprzekop

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I have owned the boat for 3 years now, first couple years it ran totally fine. at the end of last season and about 3 weeks into using the boat this season, I am finding water in my tank. At the end of last year we had pumped out as much of the gas as we could and started fresh this year. I have a water separator on my boat and just the past week i have noticed water being collected in it. I would drain it, it would fill up clean and then as I would be out motoring I would notice more water getting into the separator. So I basically drain it everytime I go out and everytime I come in. Can't figure out how it might be getting in. I have no gas in my bilge when I pump out, there is no smell of gas nor do i see a slick. Could it be the vent on the tank sucking in water from my bilge? I am not even sure where the vent might be? I also have a perko fill tank and I have read issues of them not being sealed properly? Could water get in that way?
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At the end of last year we had pumped out as much of the gas as we could and started fresh this year.

Ayuh,...... Gas is lighter than water,..... Water lives on the bottom of the tank, under the gas,.....

The fill fittin', 'n vent fittin's are the most likely culprits,....

The vent line, should loop Up, before it drops to the tank, so splashed water runs back out, rather than down into the tank,.....
 
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