Re: New Gas Tank Issue

Posted by fredkanter On 2016/8/26 11:34:48

We have gotten our 55 Carib out of the shop and yes we find a leakage problem under the cap just as WesPac has described. We're working on a solution. Please note that our all original 52 Patrician with 25,000 miles has exactly the same leakage problem with the same amount of gas in the tank so this problem is nothing new.

To reply to several "ideas", no the filler neck is not from an oil tank or a John Deere or anything else. It was made brand new from brand new tubing specifically for this tank. For the life of me I cannot imagine how people come up with ideas like this. As to the design/specs of the "ramps" which tighten the cap, ours is a standard design used for many many many years.

We have tried a simple gasket to be permanently inserted inside the lip of the cap. Now we have to source it.

Thanks to all for their contributions