Catalina 34

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Title: fuel tank lift tube
Post by: hwd on May 17, 2016, 08:01:06 AM
Does my 2005 Catalina 34 mkII have a screen on the end of the fuel tank lift tube?
Title: Re: fuel tank lift tube
Post by: Dave Spencer on May 17, 2016, 09:18:27 AM
Likely not.  It was an affliction that affected earlier boats.

Title: Re: fuel tank lift tube
Post by: hwd on May 19, 2016, 11:51:19 AM
Thank you!  I thought not, but wanted to check before I pulled it out.  Do you have any suggestions on how to clean the tank without removing it?
Title: Re: fuel tank lift tube
Post by: Ron Hill on May 19, 2016, 01:07:26 PM
Guys : FYI, When this came up after an article in Practical Sailor in the mid 1990s; we determined that it was in the 1992/3 production that the screens were not installed in the C34 fuel tanks.

A thought
Title: Re: fuel tank lift tube
Post by: hwd on May 24, 2016, 08:04:18 AM
Thanks, Ron!
Title: Re: fuel tank lift tube
Post by: Mark Sutherland on May 26, 2016, 08:01:04 PM
Hw, you can have your tank "polished".  I had mine done at the fuel dock in Alamitos Bay in Long Beach.
Title: Re: fuel tank lift tube
Post by: hwd on June 17, 2016, 08:26:20 AM
Thanks, Mark...what does polishing entail?