Gas Tank on Spitfire 115 TideCraft

[John Drew98]

I have not had my boat in the water for about 4-5 years. I see there is still about 4 inches of gas in the tank. I disconnected the gas line, removed the pump bulb, and tried to get more out but I can't get it to start to flow. I removed the bulb and tried to blow on the line but seems stopped up. I had hopes of replacing the old gas line but can't get to the tank connection. Any suggestions on how to replace the hose and empty the remaining gas out?

 

[Chris1956]

Pull the tank out, remove the sender and dump it.

 

[John Drew98]

How do you remove the hoses? I can get to the vent hose as shown in the picture. The gas fill hose and where the fuel line attaches I cant get to. The live well under the seat will not allow the tank to move toward the front of the boat. The tank is too large to remove through the access hole. Will I have to cut an access hole from the top? If so how do would you replace?

 

[nola mike]

Empty the tank through the vent line. Probably won't be able to into the gas supply line because of the anti siphon valve.

 

[John Drew98]

Empty the tank through the vent line. Probably won't be able to into the gas supply line because of the anti siphon valve.

You are correct Mike. There is an anti-siphon flapper on the gas feed line. I purchased a hand siphon pump (Harbor Freight) and a 5-foot clear hose. The siphon pump hose fits inside the clear hose. This allowed me to move the hose inside the tank. The Harbor Freight hose was too limp. This being said I was able to pump out the gas by inserting it into the gas fill hole. I am going to put Seam Foam in the tank when I fill up to help with any remaining gas residue left inside the tank.