Hello everyone! This is my first time on the forum.
so, I have a 1995 Galaxie 1900 ultra, and it has a 1995 4.3 Mercruiser in it. I recently bought the boat from a boat shop. They put new floors, a new transom, and rebuilt this motor before I took delivery of it. I have had the boat 3 days now and am having problems.
When I first brought it home I filled it up with gas and took it for a 15 min drive on the lake. It did great, but it took on a lot of water. There was water running out the drain housing, so I replaced the drain plug on the bottom of the hull. No more leak there. I go to take the boat out the next day and get about 2 minutes from the dock and the boat dies. It won’t start again. I get towed back to the dock and load it on the trailer. I take it home and pull the fuel lines from the carb and turn the fuel pump on to catch fuel in a jar. It was full of water! So I drain the whole tank and there is a lot of water in it. I run the motor for a little bit off of a small 3 gal tank to run any water out of the motor. i couldn’t figure out how water was getting into the tank, but I did see that there was no gasket or anything on the gas cap. So I replace the gas cap. I fill the tank back up and put a bottle of water remover in it. I take it back to the lake, it fires right up. I leave it idling at the dock while I park the truck. I come back and it’s dead. Can’t get it to start again. I notice that there is a bunch of gas in the water behind the boat. I get it loaded back on the trailer and pull the plug on the hull, and straight gas is shooting out of it.
How is gas leaking into the hull and into the water? If there was a hole in my tank wouldn’t it have leaked when I filled it up? It’s only happening when the boat is in the water.
so, I have a 1995 Galaxie 1900 ultra, and it has a 1995 4.3 Mercruiser in it. I recently bought the boat from a boat shop. They put new floors, a new transom, and rebuilt this motor before I took delivery of it. I have had the boat 3 days now and am having problems.
When I first brought it home I filled it up with gas and took it for a 15 min drive on the lake. It did great, but it took on a lot of water. There was water running out the drain housing, so I replaced the drain plug on the bottom of the hull. No more leak there. I go to take the boat out the next day and get about 2 minutes from the dock and the boat dies. It won’t start again. I get towed back to the dock and load it on the trailer. I take it home and pull the fuel lines from the carb and turn the fuel pump on to catch fuel in a jar. It was full of water! So I drain the whole tank and there is a lot of water in it. I run the motor for a little bit off of a small 3 gal tank to run any water out of the motor. i couldn’t figure out how water was getting into the tank, but I did see that there was no gasket or anything on the gas cap. So I replace the gas cap. I fill the tank back up and put a bottle of water remover in it. I take it back to the lake, it fires right up. I leave it idling at the dock while I park the truck. I come back and it’s dead. Can’t get it to start again. I notice that there is a bunch of gas in the water behind the boat. I get it loaded back on the trailer and pull the plug on the hull, and straight gas is shooting out of it.
How is gas leaking into the hull and into the water? If there was a hole in my tank wouldn’t it have leaked when I filled it up? It’s only happening when the boat is in the water.
