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    removed oil tank to clean and access bilge area. need to bleed??

    I removed my remote oil tank out of the boat for a couple days as I had to access the bilge to clean and change out a recirc pump. As I did that I put the cap end along with the tube into a plastic bag and had it wrapped up for the couple of days.

    Now I hooked everything back up to how it should be and made sure all o-rings are tight.

    Question is do I need to bleed anything out? I looked at the tank inside the cowl and took the cap off too. It is still full inside of it. I also ran the engine for about 3 minutes.. is that okay?

    Should I bleed it? And how?


    Modified by mrbago at 5:26 AM 3/27/2012

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    Re: removed oil tank to clean and access bilge area. need to bleed?? (mrbago)

    See the following post:

    http://www.bbcboards.net/zerot...esent




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    Re: removed oil tank to clean and access bilge ... (EuropeanAM)

    Thanks!!

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