tnc110

A vent in the front of the tank and one in the rear, with a tee well above the tank connecting the two lines would help. That way, no matter what the attitude of the boat, it would gent the vapor and not the liquid.

FIXX

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mines been puking gas out of the vent for 3 days now,,i just wiped it off...no damage and the sides are solid white imron with imron purple and uellow stripes..seems mine is over 12 years old it must be the new imron thats doing it or the cheap trans star clear.

soldier4402

This guy is right fuel expands but not as much as one would think specially if the relatively small amount of fuel in a boat. I used to do fuel in the Army and we had some fancy chart that explained each temp and how much percent gain or loss in actual fluid there would be, and its really small and really only had an effect on huge amount of fuel. But like others it was the pressurization.

Never store bown down, you shouldnt anyways to let rain water drain out out the transom plug, if it gets really hot try opening the fuel door. Also never leave the boat more than 3/4 full during hot hot days

soldier4402

I agree Ive had multiple boats with puking and fuel spills and never had any damage.

ThisIsLivin

Thanks for the tip! My fill and vent are at the back of the tank, it always blows out the fill and vent when I try fill the tank full. I don't think it's the ethanol that's eating the paint, it's probably the toluene they add to the gas as a detergent. Ethanol is not that hot of a solvent. I had Mitch paint my boat and I've spilled gas on it multiple times, it still looks new.

stevesxm

well... i will resist being my usual tactless and judgemental self anot not say that your guy doesn't know what he's talking about but when i read this this morning i said to myself... " gee.. this guys doesn't know what he's talking about" . so i went outside and got the test panel that i had done in imron a year ago thats been laying outside in the carrbean sun for about 200 days unprotected and i also cut a piece off an old nissan maxima fender that i had in the junk pile and submerged them both in fuel at 6 am . thats 5 hours ago with raw exposed edges... at last check , 10 mins ago , the paint on both was still hard as a rock. now... i would expect by tomorrow, the nissan part may ... MAY curl an edge where the fuel MIGHT have softend the primer underneith, but the imron which is hard as rock right now, will still be hard as a rock tomorrow and ill bet i can leave it there essentially forever with the same result.

when i was using this stuff on the cars, the most aggressive paint strippers you could buy would just sit there and do nothing. to suggest that a casual fuel bath will wash it away is ridiculous.

addendum.... now a full 24 hrs later and parts removed from fuel immersion... imron part untouched and is as new. nissan part also untouched... even the edge and with a hand rub with a polish, looks perfect.

draw your own conclusions...

soldier4402

I would agree whoever painted this boat either used the wrong the stuff or didnt know what they were doing. I have had diesel overflow on my trucks and stay on there all winter along with road salt and such and in the spring after a wash and wax was like new

ICDEDPPL

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NO pics then it never happened

stevesxm

if you figure you can find your butt with both hands, feel free to repeat the test.

geeze. get a life, dickhead.

glassdave

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Interesting comments on fuel on paint. As a painter i would never tell a customer any type of paint will stand up to fuel Tell ya why . . . . my suppliers dont. Every paint on the market may say at best "fuel resistant". You may have had luck in the past, maybe with old imron (which is probably your best bet) but it was just that . . . . luck. I've seen it go both ways, did a DCU2021 job several years ago and first time out with the paint just months old the owner over filled the tanks and fuel ran down the sides all night long in a hot storage building, four giant streams lifted like stripper right to the gel. On the other hand the vent system in my 38 totally sucks and always pukes fuel yet that has held up fine (its Donzi factory sprayed BASF). The best defense in the end is dont get fuel on it and if it does dont let it on there long. Most paints today are not what they were in the past, much has change as far as how they are made. EPA has had a big impact on the stuff, todays Imron is not what it was ten years ago but its still pretty bad azz.

After seeing this happen quite a few times i wonder if you could add a catch type reservoir in the vent line. Maybe like a water trap for an air compressor (i know ya cant actually use one of those but maybe something like that)