azdirtdevil
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1986 Invader with 4.3L OMC
Hasn't been in the water for a little over a year, ran fine last time she was in the lake.
Now water is pumping into the bilge really fast while the engine is running (with muffs) and stops when the engine is stopped. Its like the impeller/water pump is working, but the water return is broken.
Today, trying to bring her back to life, both batteries were dead, replaced them, hooked up the muffs, and she turned over on the third try. She turns over easy now every time. I'm impressed about that, but, water is flowing into the bilge, see video:
If I'm standing by the steering wheel looking back at the engine, its on the left side, down low, towards me:
If I put the plug in, it fills up to the bilge pump line in about 1 minute and the bilge pump kicks in and starts bailing the water out, but not fast enough to keep up. If I put her in the lake, she'd probably sink if I kept the engine running for 10 minutes.
Should I just start taking her apart until I can see into the area the water is coming out? I hope its something easy like a water return hose came loose or broke or a seal/gasket I can actually get to and replace. The hard part is getting in there to see what's broken. Where do I start?
Moved from Phoenix (no winterizing required) to Prescott 1 year ago, I didn't winterize and probably should have? Do you think not winterizing it caused this water flowing into the bilge problem?
Average weather Prescott, AZ - january
Also looking for winterizing advice/howto so I can avoid this next year
Hasn't been in the water for a little over a year, ran fine last time she was in the lake.
Now water is pumping into the bilge really fast while the engine is running (with muffs) and stops when the engine is stopped. Its like the impeller/water pump is working, but the water return is broken.
Today, trying to bring her back to life, both batteries were dead, replaced them, hooked up the muffs, and she turned over on the third try. She turns over easy now every time. I'm impressed about that, but, water is flowing into the bilge, see video:
If I'm standing by the steering wheel looking back at the engine, its on the left side, down low, towards me:
If I put the plug in, it fills up to the bilge pump line in about 1 minute and the bilge pump kicks in and starts bailing the water out, but not fast enough to keep up. If I put her in the lake, she'd probably sink if I kept the engine running for 10 minutes.
Should I just start taking her apart until I can see into the area the water is coming out? I hope its something easy like a water return hose came loose or broke or a seal/gasket I can actually get to and replace. The hard part is getting in there to see what's broken. Where do I start?
Moved from Phoenix (no winterizing required) to Prescott 1 year ago, I didn't winterize and probably should have? Do you think not winterizing it caused this water flowing into the bilge problem?
Average weather Prescott, AZ - january
| Average high temperature: | 52°F |
|---|---|
| Average low temperature: | 23.8°F |
| Average temperature: | 37.9°F |
| Average Precipitation: | 1.57 inch |
| Average snowfall: | 2 inch |
Also looking for winterizing advice/howto so I can avoid this next year
