Skidude17
Petty Officer 1st Class
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- Jul 10, 2014
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I am getting a large volume of water in my bilge.
I have a '95 Mercruiser MCM 5.7L SN 0F59836545 in a 22' SeaRay. Early in the season the exhaust bellows tore, and that was the first time I got this large amount of water in the bilge (I know that's not where the water is coming from). I hadn't changed the bellows since I owned the boat in 2019, so I figured it was time to change them all. When I say a large amount of water, there was so much that got in there from my early season test run, water made contact with the starter and blew the starter.
The heavy flow is still happening. After I changed all the bellows, I took it to the boat launch and let it sit in the water for a good 5 minutes. The bilge was bone dry. After I started the engine, inches of water showed up very rapidly. There isn't any water when I run the engine on muffs. I ran it for at least 10 minutes on the muffs, and not a drop of water. Where should I start looking for leaks? My initial thought was the y-pipe, but I would think there would be some water coming through when running off the muffs.
I have a '95 Mercruiser MCM 5.7L SN 0F59836545 in a 22' SeaRay. Early in the season the exhaust bellows tore, and that was the first time I got this large amount of water in the bilge (I know that's not where the water is coming from). I hadn't changed the bellows since I owned the boat in 2019, so I figured it was time to change them all. When I say a large amount of water, there was so much that got in there from my early season test run, water made contact with the starter and blew the starter.
The heavy flow is still happening. After I changed all the bellows, I took it to the boat launch and let it sit in the water for a good 5 minutes. The bilge was bone dry. After I started the engine, inches of water showed up very rapidly. There isn't any water when I run the engine on muffs. I ran it for at least 10 minutes on the muffs, and not a drop of water. Where should I start looking for leaks? My initial thought was the y-pipe, but I would think there would be some water coming through when running off the muffs.
