Water in gas tank?

titaniumneck

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17 ft starcraft aluminum bass boat. How much would a shop charge to pull out gas tank and drain it? It has water in the tank.
 

Scott Danforth

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about 2 hours at $125/hour. however they wouldnt pull the tank. they would pop your inspection cover, pull the sender and drop in a siphon pump. or you can do the work yourself in under 2 hours
 

Grub54891

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You can pump it out right through the fuel pick up, simply unhook the fuel line, and set up a pump to a properly sized barrel, and turn on the pump. When empty, you can pull the sending unit, and inspect it for debris, and water, if there is still some in there, dump a gallon of fuel in mixed with your favorite iso propyl. Pump that out to. You can also attach a rag to a wire or stick, and wipe the tank clean inside there if needed.
​Now the fuel you pumped out, might be ok, depending on how old it is. The fuel floats on top of the water, so if you freeze the fuel, the water will freeze solid, then syphon off the good fuel, stopping about 6" from the water. I've done it myself a couple times, Then I put the pumped fuel in my car at about 2 gallons each fillup. No issues. I'm about as redneck as ya can get sometimes....lol
 

titaniumneck

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Unfortunately, I have spinal cord injury which keeps me from doing just about any kind of manual labor, that's why I am trying to get a price of a shop to do it. When I get to go fishing, I can only last a couple of hours at a time, flat water. With help.
 

robert graham

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After you deal with removal of water in the tank be sure to install a fuel/water seperater type canister filter on the transom....to catch any water or debris that remained in the tank/system....Walmart/Attwood unit is about $28 or check out Racor or others.....
 
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