Taking water in

[izo]

Last year i bought 1995 Four Winns Sundowner 195 that looks really good for his age.
Everything was OK until recently I notice quite bit water is accumulating in bilge.
Bilge pump is coming on every 20 minutes and it take about 50 second to pump out all water.
Since I'm new to boating and all this can someone give some pointers how to find leak and fix it.

 

[HT32BSX115]

Re: Taking water in

Last year i bought 1995 Four Winns Sundowner 195 that looks really good for his age.
Everything was OK until recently I notice quite bit water is accumulating in bilge.
Bilge pump is coming on every 20 minutes and it take about 50 second to pump out all water.
Since I'm new to boating and all this can someone give some pointers how to find leak and fix it.

Howdy,


Welcome Aboard!



Well, you might offer a little more info on what you have...

Engine, drive, ( year and model numbers)............you're in the OMC section but we don't just assume it's an OMC

Have you been running it all summer or is this first time out?



Finally, because none of us can actually SEE in your engine compartment, it might be good to have someone start the engine (with the boat in the water) and YOU look in there and see if you can identify where the water is coming from.

Use a small mirror on a stick and a flashlight....you might be surprised how obvious the source is....



Cheers,


Rick

 

[izo]

Re: Taking water in

HT32BSX115 Thank you for reply.
On engine and drive it says OMC cobra. Engine is 5.0 V8. Year is 1995.
I will try to take some pictures today.