boat storage in garage

[okbasser]

I store my boat outside.I was considering storing it in the garage. It has twin 20 gal. vented tanks. does anyone have trouble with the gas fumes or can you just plug the vents?

 

[Scaaty]

Re: boat storage in garage

Tape up the vents, and just make sure all your connections are in good condition, and I see no problem. And leave a note on the wheel about the vents!

 

[roscoe]

Re: boat storage in garage

I leave my boat and 2 cars, snowblower, 2 lawnmowers, and generator in the garage, all have vented tanks. I never smell gas fumes.

 

[BoatBuoy]

Re: boat storage in garage

I don't put anything with gas in it in the garage anymore. That's because I have a natural gas water heater and furnace in the garage. Both have pilot lights. Years ago, my son's gocart was in the garage and the gas line began to leak. Luckily, I found it before the fumes had reached the pilot light in sufficient concentration to ignite. If that had happened, it would have been one bad scene. Around here, many houses have basement garages with gas appliances in them.

 

[WillyBWright]

Re: boat storage in garage

If the temperature is fairly stable, then there won't be much for fumes coming from the tank. Your car probably vents more fumes than your boat because it's constantly going from the outside world to it's nice warm home...from warm after running to cool as it sits...from the gas sloshing around to settling to calm. Of course, if you have a modern EFI car, that's somewhat debatable.

 

[JB]

Re: boat storage in garage

Moving to Boats.