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Hey guys I have a quick questions for ya. I have a 2001 baja 232 and im having a hell of a time filling it with gas. I just bought the boat this past saturday and its my first performance boat. I tried filling it up and after getting about 50 dollars in it the fuel backed up and starting coming out of the vent below the fill and out of the fill hole its self. After that it would not take anymore fuel. Whats the deal? Is there some safety issue. Do i have to run the blower or something? Thanks for your help

The boat was on the trailer also if that helps

Tank is full..

Gauge is only reading a half of tank

Yes, YOUR TANK IS FULL!! Next time you're filling up keep your finder under that vent hole. You'll feel a breeze coming out while your filling up. As soon as that breeze stops, let go of your pump. This means your tank is full and eliminates the overfill. Bring a bucket of water when you go to fill it up on the trailer in case the gas does overspil. The gas will turn your boat yellow :eek:.

Could be your fuel sender if its only reading half a tank

I had this problem with my boat, the fuel tank vent is plugged up, take the cap off of the vent and clean it and it should work. The gas pump is pumping faster than the air can vent from the tank and the gas backs up into the fill line.

oops, just had to reread the post. If the fuel is coming out of the fuel vent and the fill cap, I have to agree that the tank is full and your tank sender is bad. How much fuel did you put in it before it stopped???

I put $54.00 in at $3.21 a gallon. So 16.8 gallons. The boat has a 38 gallon tank i believe. Before putting the gas in it the gauge read completely empty. After it read just shy of a half of tank. This lead me to belive the gauge was correct

That doesn't necessarly mean your gauge is correct. The sending unit or gauge is incorrect. My baja used to only read from 1/2 - full. If I got to 1/2 tank it was pretty much empty. Sound like your gauge is reading from Empty to Half. If it's coming out of the vent its full! Get a new gauge first, then if still not reading right, either live wiht it or replace the sendig unit.

SWWWEEET I have a full tank then i guess. Thanks for the replys. Ill live with it

Like was said, the tank is full and the guage is off. You can adjust the reading on the guage at the sending unit. It should be under a plate under your backseat.

Your boat is setup with the fuel tank to be level when the boat is on the water, not on the trailer. That said, your fuel gauge will read it's true reading when the boat is sitting at rest in the water. Also, your fuel vent is also placed in the tank to be at the highest point when the boat is in the water. This means the tube and/or the part of the tank it is tapped into can pocket with fuel. Eventually as your are filling with fuel, the air pocket in the tank can and will overcome this fuel pocket pressure and whaaaalaahh... you have fuel pushed out the vent all over the side of your boat.

Most of our boats are set up so the nose is down when towing compared to sitting at rest in the water.

My suggestion, if you want to get incredibly anal about it; would be to get a couple of $5 motorhome levels at Wal*Mart. Next time you take the boat out, stick one of the levels inside the boat inside of a storage compartment, while the boat is at rest, and stick it on as level at that time.

Then when you get back on the trailer, you can use your tongue wheel to adjust your trailer to know when the boat is at exactly the same level. Take the second level in the package, and stick it on the trailer, so you can always match the same angle with the tongue wheel at anytime.


Also, remember your tank is NOT square on the bottom. It's V shaped! So 1/2 full on the gauge is not 1/2 full according to the tank. If you get down to approaching 1/4 tank, you need to get fuel, very soon.

Thank you very much. Sounds like a plan

One more thing...

When you fill the tank, you are filling it with cool fuel because the tanks are normally underground.

When you park the boat outside, your boat, the tank, and fuel will come up to outside air temperatures, or warmer due to the sun.

If you have filled the tank to the very brim with cool fuel, and the fuel expands when it warms, you can also have fuel trickle/leak down the side of your boat, out of the vent.

This is a great way to ruin a paint job. Ask me how I know that!


The only time you have too much fuel on the boat is when you are on fire...


...or maybe if you are going to have the boat parked outside in the sun for a while. It's then best to maybe have it down just a couple gallons from 100% full.

My Fountian did this. Pump it in slower.

I pumped it in as slow as possible and out it came

Does it happen to have a water holding tank?

No

Now THAT could present some problems