RedAnt
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OK, so everyone hates this stupid no-spill gas can spouts.
http://store.hamiltonmarine.com/bro...4,39383.html?gclid=CP2ygaywmboCFQ6f4AodrUwAlg
I hate them a little more after this weekend. I was getting low enough on fuel and decided to empty my two 5 gal jugs into the Dk40se. It takes a few minutes glug out the fuel through my new diesel canisters no-spill spouts.
The one from TSC works a little better than the one pictured above. After the first 5 gallons went in I started on the second (pictured above). After a gallon or so it slipped off, as usual, but this time it shot the entire red section into my Kioti gas tank. What was left attached to the gas canister was just a white tube. So I cap, red spout, rubber gasket plug and I assume a spring went into the gas tank.
My first hope was that it floats, so I finished filling the tank. It took all five gallons and almost filled it, but nothing visible.
I cut and bent a coat hanger and went fishing. No luck there either.
My guess is that it's not going to corrode quickly, so I have some time. I forgot that I might have a fuel level mechanism inside the tank when I was fishing for the top. I never felt anything, so I don't know where the lost bits went, or where the fuel gauge sensor lives. For looking under the hood the tanks shape is odd, but I can't really see all of it.
Any thoughts on how to proceed? I'm tempted to keep an eye out for the junk and just leave it in there until it causes me a problem. I'll ask the dealer, but figured that someone else might have had this particular failure and have a cleaver solutions.
http://store.hamiltonmarine.com/bro...4,39383.html?gclid=CP2ygaywmboCFQ6f4AodrUwAlg
I hate them a little more after this weekend. I was getting low enough on fuel and decided to empty my two 5 gal jugs into the Dk40se. It takes a few minutes glug out the fuel through my new diesel canisters no-spill spouts.
The one from TSC works a little better than the one pictured above. After the first 5 gallons went in I started on the second (pictured above). After a gallon or so it slipped off, as usual, but this time it shot the entire red section into my Kioti gas tank. What was left attached to the gas canister was just a white tube. So I cap, red spout, rubber gasket plug and I assume a spring went into the gas tank.
My first hope was that it floats, so I finished filling the tank. It took all five gallons and almost filled it, but nothing visible.
I cut and bent a coat hanger and went fishing. No luck there either.
My guess is that it's not going to corrode quickly, so I have some time. I forgot that I might have a fuel level mechanism inside the tank when I was fishing for the top. I never felt anything, so I don't know where the lost bits went, or where the fuel gauge sensor lives. For looking under the hood the tanks shape is odd, but I can't really see all of it.
Any thoughts on how to proceed? I'm tempted to keep an eye out for the junk and just leave it in there until it causes me a problem. I'll ask the dealer, but figured that someone else might have had this particular failure and have a cleaver solutions.