Fuel tank water

[latitudeadjuster]

@swatski turn on your VHF, I'm talking dirty..........LOL

 

[MutherTucker]

At least all you had was water in your fuel compartment and not fuel like mine. AND you are super lucky that your hatch exposes your whole tank. I know all about drain plugs!!!! Glad you got the help you need. Looks like your boat will be even faster now!

 

[swatski]

@swatski turn on your VHF, I'm talking dirty..........LOL

@latitudeadjuster seriously, it's like I can hear you talk, lol.

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[swatski]

@swatski maybe you can explain the new boat drain plugs for me because when I read the manual it confused me. When you open the engine hatch there are two plugs one on the wall one on the floor. If I read the manual correctly is the one one the floor a second plug that needs to opened to actually drain out the back of the boat when the rear drain plug is removed?

Yes sir. Without running up to my boat, one plug opens up the fuel compartment to the engine compartment (and bilge). The second plug, in the engine liner, is to let water drain under the liner into the bilge.
There are at least two schools of thought as far as plug management (talking Yamaha boat plugs), not going to get into it.
Must prop up the bow significantly to let all the water drain.

As long as I have no water in the ski locker, fuel comp, and the engine liner I leave all the plugs in. When in my driveway, I prop the trailer jack with a cinder block for extra lift.

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[Seadeals]

Regardless of one's favored plug philosophy, occasionally opening any plugs you choose to keep closed is a good idea. It is easy to ignore the fuel tank area plug; but I am now in the habit of opening it after retrievals to make sure a fuel leak (or water leak from deck) has not developed. I also pull the floor every season to inspect and when I top off fuel so I can see the fuel hit the top of the tank without entering the filler hose to provide the needed expansion space.

 

[bronze_10]

we always park the boat in my driveway with the plug out and the bow cranked up as high as it will go... but this is just something we simply missed during our boat ownership. If i had not decided to remove the fuel hatch, and got lucky doing it, then i still would not have known about all that water. And the drains to the scupper around the fuel hatch were all clogged up with a sludge of god only knows what so al lot of the water on the deck washed into that compartment. But she all good now!!!!!!

 

[latitudeadjuster]

we always park the boat in my driveway with the plug out and the bow cranked up as high as it will go... but this is just something we simply missed during our boat ownership. If i had not decided to remove the fuel hatch, and got lucky doing it, then i still would not have known about all that water. And the drains to the scupper around the fuel hatch were all clogged up with a sludge of god only knows what so al lot of the water on the deck washed into that compartment. But she all good now!!!!!!

Think of it as it was a free wake board ballast weight option....lol

 

[bronze_10]

Lol

 

[GoVols01]

I noticed the same plug on my '14 Regal 1900 when I bought it new. In my driveway, I pulled that plug from the fuel tank compartment and watched my boat pee for nearly 5 minutes! Water ran from my garage clear across the driveway and made an impressive puddle in the drainage ditch beyond the driveway. This water can cause mold in the hull and odor. What's worse, if that compartment is full of water and boat is in freezing temperatures, it very well could crack the stringers, if it freezes. I notified my dealer who then called Regal about it. Regal told the dealer to ensure the plugs are pulled regularly to prevent hull damage: mold; freezing. The dealer immediately went through their entire inventory as well as customers' boats in storage to remove all the plugs. The owner personally thanked me for notifying them.

I pulled mine out and left it out.

 

[bronze_10]

It was definately a shock to us... there was a lot of water in there..

 

[swatski]

Guys, please consider that if you permanently remove the plug between the fuel and the engine compartments, any water getting into the bilge can migrate into the fuel compartment.
Which, if one wet slips, may not be the best thing.

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[Matt Phillips]

@bronze_10...on the 230/232 series, there are four drain plugs:

1. Sole storage locker, near the back
2. fuel compartment drain. Look inside the engine compartment as far forward as you can, it should be located on the forward wall in the center of the boat.
3. Engine area. This drain is located immediately below #2 above. I always thought this was simply there to make sure the water that drains out of the fuel area drains to the lower bilge
4. Engine area. on the pan between both engines

There's lots of debate about plugs in vs. plugs out while on the water. For me, my manual said boat in water, plugs in. My rationals was the engineers at Yamaha know the boat better than I do and they make that recommendation for a reason.

While out on the trailer, I always removed all four plugs with the theory that the water will flow down and out the hull via the drain plug.

If your fuel tank isn't draining, as others have said, try wiggling a small screw driver around inside the fuel compartment drain hole. My guess is one of those pads is blocking that exit.

 

[bronze_10]

My fuel tank area was not braining because i never knew that plug was there.. lol.. it drain really well now... funy how that works.

 

[Matt Phillips]

Some days it's the little victories!

 

[bronze_10]

Some days it's the little victories!

Oh. When i realized the water was trapped in there and prob has been since 2008 ... when it started to drain out i dont consider it a small victory... we had already buttoned up the boat and came inside for the night.. we went back outside and opened the boat to pull that plug.. !!

 

[zipper]

The engine compartment is divided into 3 sections, in order to mount the engines. There are plugs in the front 2 to let the water that collects in those 2 get to the bilge pump mounted in the 3rd and most aft compartment, where the bilge pump is recessed with a hole cut around it, in that compartment for water to reach it. The black drain plug in the bulkhead wall is to let water out of the fuel compartment into the forward engine compartment and thru the drain plug in the floor to get to either the bilge pump or the hull/transom plug. Your fuel hatch gasket is most likely leaking. I discovered the whys of these plugs recently when I had a similar situation.

 

[bronze_10]

Yes mine is cut in a few spots and the channel that runs around the edge that feeds water into the scupper was completely stopped up with sand and dirt on both sides. We cleaned all that out now so the whole self bailing scupper system should work much better!

 

[Shannon]

Glad everything is a ok and ready for May 20th!

 

[bronze_10]

Glad everything is a ok and ready for May 20th!

shes ready to roll now..

 

[haknslash]

Think of it as it was a free wake board ballast weight option....lol

That's all I was thinking the whole time