Rinker Captiva Fuel Tank

tr565

Inherited this boat from my grandfather several years ago, he was original owner. At some point the original fuel tank must have failed because an auxiliary tank was installed, won't ever know, he passed long ago. I want to remove the original tank and either repair or replace to return it to origional. The aux tank distributes too much weight to the back and the boat does not function as it should.

What I would like to know is if the tank is removable. From what I see it doesn't look like it is meant to come out. I've tried looking for a solution on the inter webs and unsuccessful. Anyone have some experience with this? Any help would be much appreciated.

Thank you! 

Boat is a 1999 Rinker Captiva 192

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Grahamu

It looks like you will have to cut the floor away above the tank. If it's done carefully you should be able to re-install it.

Pat310

You might want to check out these videos on YouTube 
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCN3dT3HSX55LbgTjuFKdG7IH8DHR8e1_
He does the job you are talking about.  

Pat310

Maybe before removing the tank you can have it pressure tested to make sure it leaking.  Would hate to cut up my boat just because tank needed cleaning and that was the reason auxiliary tank was added