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C Sniper
Joined: 17 Mar 2019 Posts: 61 City/Region: South Padre Island
State or Province: TX
C-Dory Year: 2007
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Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 9:05 am Post subject: Bilge pump running offshore |
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My bilge pump was running every 20 mins ish on my third run out. We had wind that pushed us sideways to the swell (moored up) and we were rocking alot. Could not see any place water was coming in but didn't look super hard. Should have checked the live well. Pump was out so we were dumping fresh water in every so often often to keep the bait fresh. Water was splashing into the open well in front of the engines but couldn't see how in could get into the cockpit area...
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tsturm
Joined: 01 Nov 2003 Posts: 1134 City/Region: Soldotna
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Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 10:07 am Post subject: Re: Bilge pump running offshore |
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Sea Sniper wrote: | My bilge pump was running every 20 mins ish on my third run out. We had wind that pushed us sideways to the swell (moored up) and we were rocking alot. Could not see any place water was coming in but didn't look super hard. Should have checked the live well. Pump was out so we were dumping fresh water in every so often often to keep the bait fresh. Water was splashing into the open well in front of the engines but couldn't see how in could get into the cockpit area...
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If your pump has an electronic fluid level sensor this will happen.
I changed mine to the old internal float s/w & had no more problems. This assumes it wasn't pumping water out each time? |
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C Sniper
Joined: 17 Mar 2019 Posts: 61 City/Region: South Padre Island
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Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 11:10 am Post subject: |
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OK, will have to check if it is actually pumping if/when it happens again. Great info, thanks! |
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hardee
Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 12633 City/Region: Sequim
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Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 2:02 am Post subject: |
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Wind and/or waves from the beam can/will splash into the cockpit. If your bilge pump is on an auto setting, (and I think it should be when you are running in those conditions) it will run off and on as you go. I cross the Strait of Juan de Fuca, (North coast of Washington State regularly) and the pump is always on auto for those crossings -- Just one less thing to worry or wonder about. With the boat up and running on plane, you may not see enough water to make it run but it can be there, behind the tanks and under the splashwell.
Harvey
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