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Fuel
Systems
Equipment Standards
FEDERAL LAW
183.542 - Fuel systems
(a) Each fuel system in a boat must have
been tested by the boat manufacturer and not leak when
subjected to the greater of the following pressures:
(1) Three pounds per square inch; or
(2) One and one-half times the pressure created in
the lowest part of the fuel system when it is filled
to the level of overflow with fuel.
(b) The test pressure shall be obtained
with air or inert gas.
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The entire fuel system up to the engine fuel
inlet, as installed in a boat, must be pressure tested by
the boat manufacturer prior to the boat being sold to a customer.
The entire fuel system includes:
- Fuel fill(s)
- Fuel vent(s)
- Fuel tank(s)
- Fuel distribution(s)
- All components and accessories in fuel distribution
lines, to the attachment point on the engine. The attachment
point may be a fuel filter, fuel pump or carburetor, depending
on what components are supplied with, and mounted on the
engine.
Each boat manufactured must be tested as part
of the certification of compliance with this Federal regulation.
Record the date and name of the person who performed that
test.
TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW
- The entire fuel system, up to the engine
fuel inlet, has been pressure tested to 3 psig or
1-1/2 times the head whichever is the greater pressure.
- There is no leakage.
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