gas seeping from fuel vent

[Tige M.D.]

check the fuel vent line for a trap (dip). if so, straighten out the hose.

[simsob23]

Thank you,

I will look for it and will let you know.

Take care

Simon

[Tip]

Having a fuel flow meter helps me with this situation. With the fuel flow meter I have a pretty good idea how much fuel I need to pump to fill ur up. When I get within 1 gallon I bend over and start listening. It beats listening the entire time I'm pumping.

[simsob23]

Good idea and yes it sure does seems better. Five times out of 10 I spill fuel on myself..... and I can't stand such smell.

Thank you

Simon

[GIZMO]

I have the same problem. I found that pumping the gas slowly helps, it takes a while but it keeps the gas off the boat. Also when gasing up in the water it helps to have your buddies sit on the opposite side.

GIZMO

[dougofkc]

Funny that the automobile manufactures figured out how to fix this back in the 60's but Tige still has not caught on. Even more interesting is that my tank in my 03 22V is labled 36 gallons but Im usually lucky to get in 25-26. Anyone else see this?

[simsob23]

Well at the end I ended up selling the boat, and not for that reason only. Good input from GIZMO suggesting to refuel slowly, that was the only one it kind of worked. Yes it seems that in the boat world some problems are not important for the manufacturer, like the smaller tank than it should or the poor float of gas into the tank.
I guess it is the way it is.