diesel in bilge

[mike]

I just went to check on my boat to continue getting it ready for launch and saw diesel in the bilge. I can't see where it's coming from yet, and a couple of weeks ago the bilge was clean.The yard did adjust the stern stands since the last time I was at the boat. Could this be due to boat movement or the stern being too high. The tank is topped off.Seems strange that it would make it through the winter and then all of a sudden start leaking.Thanks

 

[Mojo4166]

Hello Mike,I suffered the same thing.In my case, the seal where the dip stick meet the engine block was loose.Tightning the bolts resolved the problem. To get rid of the mess it did in the bilge is an other matter since the contaninated water is an leaving oily surface at places I can't reach.Brad