Plate 27 -
Top of Fuel Tank
A) Fuel Valve
B) Fuel Filler Pipe
C) Fuel Return Line (from Engine)
D) Fuel Gauge Sensor
E) Inspection Hatch
Plate 27 shows the top of the fuel tank accessible
through the cabin sole, with inspection hatch, pipe-
connections and the fuel valve. The inspection hatch
provides access to the inside of the tank when
removed by unscrewing the flange-bolts.
The fuel valve is open when the handle is turned
parallel with the piping.
(On boats built before 1973, in which two fuel tanks
are fitted, the fuel valves are located below the cockpit
sole in the stowing compartment just behind the aft
engine compartment bulkhead. The valves are
accessible through the opening in the
bulkhead behind the ladder leading from the
cockpit to the dog-house.)
The fuel tank is welded of heavy gauge seawater-
resistant aluminium alloy. To avoid galvanic effects
and corrosion of the aluminium, always keep the tank
top clean and never let metal parts, foreign to
aluminium, rest on it for any length of time.
A water-separating sedimenter is fitted on the fuel line
in the engine room, located on the forward bulkhead
just in front of the engine (plate 28). The
Plate 28
Fuel Sedimenter (Filter)
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