Fuel Filler Hose Replacement 2002 564 CPMY

[metjr1976]

This is our first Carver and to our knowledge, the fuel fill hoses have not ever been replaced. We believe that they may be cracked because we smelled diesel in the salon but mostly in the aft master stateroom after about an hour after refueling. We only filled the tanks to about 2/3 full, so it isn't due to overfilling. I suspect that the hose(s) are cracked, but the access to replace them seems nearly impossible to get to. Are there any methods/tricks that I am missing to get to them? The issue seems to be particularly related to the starboard mid fuel tank. The fill hose seems to be sandwiched between the outer hull wall and the outer salon wall so that the fill opening is on the top of the railing wall...if that makes sense.
Any help would be appreciated as we really don't want to operate the vessel until this is solved!

[bud37]

Maybe consider removing the hose thru the deck fill hole. Remove the fill fitting and pull the whole works out thru there with a string attached for pulling the new back down..... hopefully the hose is not tie wrapped any where you can't get to. Check the vent hoses/fittings as well, they can rot the same including fuel feed fittings etc to the engines.
Worth a look , good luck with it. Perhaps someone with the same model has done this before.