Tank vent whistle
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 4:56 pm
I'm under the impression that a tank whistle or fuel/air separator is required on new boats, true?
Anyway, some previous owner thought it a marvelous idea to abandon the gasoline deck fill which was adjacent to the vent on the port side and add a new deck fill on the starboard side. Means that there's no way to listen to the gurgle of a nearly filled tank without the crew at the ready. In any case, foam blows back up the fill side long before the tank is full.
This is tiresome at best, embarassing and expensive at worst.
Thinking about the Barlow Tank Whistle http://store.hamiltonmarine.com/browse. ... 33109.html (sold here for between $27 and $33), or the Racor LG-100 http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/us ... =6449&BASE (for about $100).
The Barlow acts by whistling with airflow, when it's drowned goes quiet and you have the time it takes to fill the vent hose to get your finger off the trigger. The Racor acts by separating the air and fuel and gives you just a smidge of time before its reservoir is full and overpowered.
Also planning to put both fill and vent on the same side - what an idea!
Ideas? Experience?
Anyway, some previous owner thought it a marvelous idea to abandon the gasoline deck fill which was adjacent to the vent on the port side and add a new deck fill on the starboard side. Means that there's no way to listen to the gurgle of a nearly filled tank without the crew at the ready. In any case, foam blows back up the fill side long before the tank is full.
This is tiresome at best, embarassing and expensive at worst.
Thinking about the Barlow Tank Whistle http://store.hamiltonmarine.com/browse. ... 33109.html (sold here for between $27 and $33), or the Racor LG-100 http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/us ... =6449&BASE (for about $100).
The Barlow acts by whistling with airflow, when it's drowned goes quiet and you have the time it takes to fill the vent hose to get your finger off the trigger. The Racor acts by separating the air and fuel and gives you just a smidge of time before its reservoir is full and overpowered.
Also planning to put both fill and vent on the same side - what an idea!
Ideas? Experience?