Posted: April 06 2010 at 08:56 | IP Logged

Hi

Has anyone had to replace their fuel tanks, if so what with. I have a 288 Adventurer.

Thanks

Posted: April 06 2010 at 09:58 | IP Logged

Hi, adiver2b

I have not replaced my fuel tanks but I have removed them from the boat . My tanks were starting to corrode and pit I sand blasted and used an aluminum based putty to coat the bottom half of the tank,then I coated the tanks with an epoxy coating.  I have not reinstalled the tanks yet but I will soon.  I am in the middle of a complete refit of the boat.  I hope to have the boat in the water next season.  I had thought of replacing the tanks.  My tanks are 100 gal.  I looked into plastic tanks but you have to be carefull with the larger tanks because they need to be baffled.  I did find replacement aluminum tanks ,they were around 700 to 900 dollars apiece so I went for repair rather than replace my tanks were pretty solid and had no leaks.

I hope this helps

Mark T

Posted: April 20 2010 at 08:17 | IP Logged

Hi

Thanks for the replies. After a close look I decided to go for the replacement option. There was just too big a risk in repair. The bottom was too badly corroded. The price that was mentioned sounds about right . I will let you all know how it all works out.