I had no problem at the gas station but now that it"s in the water it takes forever to fill it, you have to pump as slow as possible and pump keeps kickin as if its full. Any else have this problem? 1984 overnighter
problem refueling ?
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Pull the nozzle out a a bit and retry, and try at different angles while it's pulled out a bit.
Some of the marine stations have high volume pumps, if so, you may have to find another slower one if its giving you problems.
It takes a long time to fill these rigs anyway, plenty of gas to take on, unlike our cars.
Some of the marine stations have high volume pumps, if so, you may have to find another slower one if its giving you problems.
It takes a long time to fill these rigs anyway, plenty of gas to take on, unlike our cars.
My guess through experience is that your tank vent is blocked.
If the volume of air that is in the tank cannot be displaced through the tank vent when you add fuel to the tank the air has only one place to go, back up the fill tube. When this happens it causes the pump it to trigger the shut off. Find the vent line where it exits the boat, it should have an access port, disconnect it, remove the exterior vent and inspect it I bet you a critter made a condo out of it or it’s blocked with salt deposits. If not next check the vent line to tank. The other possibility, although remote, is that there is an obstruction in your fill line. Did you do any work around the fuel fill or did you make someone mad enough to stick something down the fill tube?
If the volume of air that is in the tank cannot be displaced through the tank vent when you add fuel to the tank the air has only one place to go, back up the fill tube. When this happens it causes the pump it to trigger the shut off. Find the vent line where it exits the boat, it should have an access port, disconnect it, remove the exterior vent and inspect it I bet you a critter made a condo out of it or it’s blocked with salt deposits. If not next check the vent line to tank. The other possibility, although remote, is that there is an obstruction in your fill line. Did you do any work around the fuel fill or did you make someone mad enough to stick something down the fill tube?
Does any fuel or spray push out the fill line while you are filling?
If the vent is blocked, it's going to erupt while filling.
Did you pull the nozzle well back and try it again?
If you had no problem at the car gas station, I'd say at the marina you are using a high volume nozzle. Ask the proprietor about the nozzle.
If you also had a problem at the car gas station, different story.
If the vent is blocked, it's going to erupt while filling.
Did you pull the nozzle well back and try it again?
If you had no problem at the car gas station, I'd say at the marina you are using a high volume nozzle. Ask the proprietor about the nozzle.
If you also had a problem at the car gas station, different story.
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I agree w/ Bob that it's the flow rate set my the marina. Some marinas will set the pumps at 15-20 GPM's. If the marina has 2 pumps, check the diameter of the nozzle on the fill handle. One is usually wider than the other for "high volume boats". Also, don't squeeze the fill handle all the way...the gas is still cranking through.
I agree w/ Bob that it's the flow rate set my the marina. Some marinas will set the pumps at 15-20 GPM's. If the marina has 2 pumps, check the diameter of the nozzle on the fill handle. One is usually wider than the other for "high volume boats". Also, don't squeeze the fill handle all the way...the gas is still cranking through.
I had an 1986 and it's a pretty common problem on that vintage of Overnighter. It’s caused by having both the fill and vent hoses positioned at the rear of the fuel tank.
When the boat sitting on the trailer it's typically pretty level and you usually don’t experience any problems filling the tank. But with the boat sitting in the water rear end heavy. The gas in the tank piles up at the fill pipe and creates the problem you’re seeing.
The other problem is that the vent is within inches of the fill as well. The pressure from filling the tank forces fuel back into the vent line and if you have any sort of a drop in the vent hose the fuel collects there and restricts the air flow in your vent.
After taking my vent hose off a ½ dozen times and blowing back thru it to clear the obstruction I finally removed the hatch and rerouted the vent hose. That was 5 years ago and the problem had not reoccurred up until I sold the boat 2 years ago.
When the boat sitting on the trailer it's typically pretty level and you usually don’t experience any problems filling the tank. But with the boat sitting in the water rear end heavy. The gas in the tank piles up at the fill pipe and creates the problem you’re seeing.
The other problem is that the vent is within inches of the fill as well. The pressure from filling the tank forces fuel back into the vent line and if you have any sort of a drop in the vent hose the fuel collects there and restricts the air flow in your vent.
After taking my vent hose off a ½ dozen times and blowing back thru it to clear the obstruction I finally removed the hatch and rerouted the vent hose. That was 5 years ago and the problem had not reoccurred up until I sold the boat 2 years ago.