| Title: | Powerboats |
| Notice: | Introductions 2 /Classifieds 3 / '97 Ski Season 1267 |
| Moderator: | KWLITY::SUTER |
| Created: | Thu May 12 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Jun 04 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1275 |
| Total number of notes: | 18109 |
I've got a 18 ft stingray, with a mercruiser i/o for a motor The boat occaisionaly has a quite a bit of water in it, even when it hasn't rained. I pulled the boat,and found no potentail hull leaks. Is it possible water could be coming in through the stern drive? Ken
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1079.1 | Bellows problem ? | ASDS::BURGESS | Waiting for ZEUS to come | Tue Jul 20 1993 11:13 | 16 |
re <<< Note 1079.0 by CAPECD::HOLLAND "Attitude is Everything" >>> > -< Water leaking problem >- > Is it possible water could be coming in through the stern drive? Yep, probably through the "bellows". Sometimes you can see a trickle if you take the motor cover off, sometimes its easier to find by putting the boat on its trailer, leave the plug in and run a garden hose in the bilge until you see a trickle coming OUT of the boat. BTW, how many hours and what year ? There seems to be an average life for the bellows. > Ken Reg | |||||
| 1079.2 | CAPECD::HOLLAND | Attitude is Everything | Tue Jul 20 1993 11:50 | 2 | |
The boat is a 1987, used in fresh water mostly, hours not sure, no hour meter, buy ut soesn't get alot of use | |||||
| 1079.3 | Another Possible Leak Area | DNEAST::CHAFF_ART | Tue Jul 27 1993 16:40 | 8 | |
I had a similar problem with a 19 ft. Bayliner with a 130 merc.
I/O. I brought it home and put the garden hose into the bilge and
when the water reached the level of the bottom of the exhaust, water
came out from the exhaust port.
My repair man has seen this and it was caused by loose bolts on the
lower portion of the I/O. Replaced bolts and "O" ring and is now as
good as new. $185.00 total of which $175.00 was labor.
Good Luck
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