Arild, I've owned one U.S., one Canadian, and two Far East manufactured trawlers from the big named manufactures. The model years were, 2001, 2002,, 2002 and 2006, The fuel pick-up for all of these boat's was from a point near the bottom of each tank. I had always thought that top tank pick-ups where only on gasoline tanks. I would be surprised that so many manufactures disregard this requirement. Could it be that this requirement is only for gasoline? Gil ---- I am extremely leery of any bottom of fuel tank fitting. A failure will result in draining the entire tank down to the level of the broken fitting. There is a good reason why USCG and ABYC recommend top mounted entry and exit fittings only. regards Arild _____________________________________________________________________________ _______ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index