Hi everyone - recently noticed 10 litres of clean diesel fuel in the bilges of my 2017 Bavaria 37C and on investigation found that the 6" screwed access panel on the top of the tank was leaking. I could tighten it
I am a bit surprised that there is an access cover at all in the top of the tank, especially since if I fill the tank to the top of the filler pipe, the cover would be under a pressure of two feet of fuel oil. I obviously need to not fill too full in the future, although this is hard to regulate.
I have a diesel heater installed and I am wondering from other posts if the access cover was added because of this.
Does anyone else have this access cover, and what would be the best way to seal this to avoid a future problem. Am thinking of cleaning it up and siliconing it in place, but not sure about the effect of diesel on silicone?
Any help would be appreciated. !!
Nigel