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Aquasport Mechanicals - things that need a wrench, screwdriver or multimeter => Fuel tanks and anything about fuel systems => Topic started by: wilked on July 10, 2023, 07:32:17 AM

Title: 1996 Explorer DC 215 - Need to replace fuel tank
Post by: wilked on July 10, 2023, 07:32:17 AM

Hello.  As I say I've got a 1996 215 DC Explorer.  We've been fighting water in the fuel tank since we bought it a few years ago.  The original fuel sender was heavily corroded and obviously letting water in (I wish I had seen that sooner).  It is a poly tank, ~100 gallons.  I replaced the sender with a new sender but the original metal 'sleeves' for the bolts were shot, so had to use self-tapping screws installed 15 degrees off the original.  I knew this was only a temporary solution and sure enough, a year and a half later back to fuel issues.

So...  I am strongly planning to get a 25 gal or so topside fuel tank so I can salvage the rest of the season and then replace the tank in the offseason.  I'd like to procure a tank in the meantime if at all possible as I gather there is some lead time associated (maybe 8-12 weeks). 

I believe it's either a 99 gal or 101 gal Moeller tank, but not sure.  I am going to get the exact dimensions of the coffin later today, but does anyone know offhand the dimensions of the coffin?  Particularly I am interested in depth.  Any way to ID it without ripping the coffin cover off so I can order a tank?

Thanks

Title: Re: 1996 Explorer DC 215 - Need to replace fuel tank
Post by: RickK on July 10, 2023, 05:42:19 PM

I think you mean 215 Explorer.  DC stand for a different model - a dual console that you can walk through to the front.

Title: Re: 1996 Explorer DC 215 - Need to replace fuel tank
Post by: wilked on July 12, 2023, 10:58:07 AM

It is a dual console - is that not the Explorer? 

It's basically this (not my boat, but very similar)
(https://images.boats.com/resize/1/5/99/8240599_0_060320231733_3.jpg)

Title: Re: 1996 Explorer DC 215 - Need to replace fuel tank
Post by: RickK on July 13, 2023, 05:44:29 AM

No. The Explorer model is a cabin boat. Here is an Explorer (https://classicaquasport.com/gallery/data/747/96CatPg13-215Exp.jpg) (https://classicaquasport.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=11867&title=96catpg13-215exp&cat=747)

This is as Dual Console model from '97 (https://classicaquasport.com/gallery/data/629/1997_Catalog_pg_15.jpg) (https://classicaquasport.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=5741&title=1997-catalog-pg15&cat=629)