1998 232 Gulfstream fuel pickup tube

[kn2540]

Last week I smell gas when I filled up my gas tank since gas was cheap now. When I got home opened up the deck hatches and noticed hair line crack on the elbow pick.
Once I took the elbow off I did not see the pickup tube. Is the pickup tube mounded inside the tank or did it broken off the elbow.
Does anyone know what the part# for the elbow. Look like it 3/8 but not sure.

 

[SkunkBoat]

When in doubt...take it to home depot and try it in the sample rack.....That will get you the right thread too.

 

[Fishtales]

is that the original tank? if so, may be more than that.

 

[kn2540]

is that the original tank? if so, may be more than that.

Yes, this is the original tank.

 

[DennisG01]

Is there a part of the pickup tube inside the elbow? Look into the hole and/or reach into the hole with a thin wire - you should easily be able to feel if the tube is part of the tank. The answers to those questions will tell you.

Like Skunk said, there's a cheat sheet at HD. Or just compare the physical dimensions to a google search for pipe thread sizes/specs.

 

[kn2540]

Is there a part of the pickup tube inside the elbow? Look into the hole and/or reach into the hole with a thin wire - you should easily be able to feel if the tube is part of the tank. The answers to those questions will tell you.

Like Skunk said, there's a cheat sheet at HD. Or just compare the physical dimensions to a google search for pipe thread sizes/specs.

Thanks DennisG01 , definitely a tube inside the tank...

 

[seasick]

One of those two pieces is the anti-siphon valve, probably the elbow. Can you run without the valve? Yes but should you????
That said, if that fitting is leaking, it will leak all the time when the tank is pretty full since the gas will pool in the rear of the tank when it is at an angle which it almost always is.
Since you smelled gas after a fill up, I doubt your problem is the fitting. It may be a bad fill hose, vent hose, pinhole in tank etc. There are very different causes of gas smells all the time versus after filling.

Finally, if you didn't have a fill tube, your motor would not run or start when the tank is less that let's say 3/4 especially when it comes off plane.