fishjunky
Well-known member
What's everyone's take on this?
Obviously the vent needs to be open when you are running the motor, and it would be good to keep it closed for trailering.
However, depending on temp, it swells/contracts pretty drastically. For example, I went out on Sunday which was a hot, sunny day. Closed the vent after loading the boat. Went into the garage late that night to check the battery charger and the tank looked like a crushed beer can (ok I'm exaggerating there a bit).
It seems like the extreme swell/contract cycles will reduce the life of the plastic. The tank is in the sun now when using/trailering the boat, and after my planned conversion, it still will be in the sun. The boat is stored in the garage though. This is a 3 gallon Honda OEM plastic tank if it matters.
Thanks.
Obviously the vent needs to be open when you are running the motor, and it would be good to keep it closed for trailering.
However, depending on temp, it swells/contracts pretty drastically. For example, I went out on Sunday which was a hot, sunny day. Closed the vent after loading the boat. Went into the garage late that night to check the battery charger and the tank looked like a crushed beer can (ok I'm exaggerating there a bit).
It seems like the extreme swell/contract cycles will reduce the life of the plastic. The tank is in the sun now when using/trailering the boat, and after my planned conversion, it still will be in the sun. The boat is stored in the garage though. This is a 3 gallon Honda OEM plastic tank if it matters.
Thanks.