Having that much fuel as OP epxailed for his experience may have had a very rich mixture in the bilge area. Rich mixtures have a harder time igniting.

Blower fans would both pump out gas vapours and introduce oxygen, lowering the rich mixture to a more explosive and easier to ignite mixture.

Just keep that in mind.

OP with the manual bilge pump: nice peice of kit to have on board.

The hand pump saved the day, some fuel line and hose clamps are also a good thing to throw in the spare parts bag.

It`s 2025 , no pics?

Honestly I was so panicked to get it fixed pics were last thing on my mind. The broken fitting is 200ft below water lol. It was 95 degrees and I actually got heat stroke fixing the thing. Yesterday I had to leave work early felt so crappy. Better today. Massive water and electorate fixed me up. I'm considering changing my fittings to steel. It was a 1 in million thing though I'd bet.

the dude is worried about setting off a bomb and you want pics 😂😂😂

Just wanted a picture of the broken part, wanted to see where and how .. so sorry, I didn`t know it fixed itself before pics could be taken.

I agree...mechanism of failure would be great to have documented.

When you're in the Matrix...difficult to focus on anything but the immediate.

Any fitting that has dynamic loading would be suspect over time.

Stainless AN fittings, aseembled not pressed, re-usable.

304 stainless, but better than alum and steel for corrosion.

I've seen alum AN fittings oxidize and powder away on the inside.

https://www.anhosefittings.com/ptfe-...ing-4an-1.html

Is there a better source that's 316L? Better pricing?