240 sea ray fuel tank problem

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I have a 1993 240 BR sea ray with a 60 gallon fuel tank. The pickup seems to have broken and the fitting will not come out. If this breaks can a new fitting be put in or does the tank need to be replaced?
 
If the pickup tube is broken off, it would just roll around in the bottom the of tank and not hurt anything. I pulled the pickup out of my tank on a 1999 SeaRay 185BR last year, It didn't come out easy, I had to finesse it a little, the fit for the tube is tight - maybe that is the case with yours, I can't think of any reason the fitting would not come out. If you don't have an inspection port in the tank, maybe remove the sending until to get a better view inside as to what is going on, and remove the broken pickup tube. Worst case, I would think you could cut a new hole and put the new pickup tube in that way - just plug the fitting of the old one. I've never cut a whole for something like this in a fuel tank, but I would think it is possible. But I really think you just need to work the fitting a little to get it out. While you are at all this, I would replace your fuel lines, just went through problems on mine, ethanol did a number of the fuel lines after 13yrs.
 
Just be extremely careful it's the fumes that can cause an explosion when dealing with Ethanol or Gasoline. A spark is all that's needed please excersise extreme caution when working on a gas tank.
Bill
 
DON'T let the fitting or anything fall in the tank without getting it out. The vibration will eventually cause any hard object to wear a hole in the tank. I've replaced two truck gas tanks and one boat tank.
 
Thanks for the great suggestions guys. Hopefully it is another issue and I wont have to open it up. Bill good luck with the new boat-I've been following your adventure!!!
 
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