Cooling
rasbury
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So have not explored my cooling system much other than the raw water pump...episode this weekend flooding the bielge with fresh water has me looking at the cooling flow chart with closed cooling which is pretty straight forward...one part I don't get is the water distribution housing located at the lower right front of the motor- it looks like one hose in and one hose out- what does it really do?
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Dream 'Inn III -- 2008 400 Express
Possible heavy rain and your drains clogged thus filling your bilge?
I cannot remember the details leading up to time you noticed it being flooded.
If it's a part in the pressurized system id think it would be an instant pouring as soon as you crank the motor in water or even once she reached a normal running temp.
@PickleRick we spent the night at the marina..I ran the bielge pump and there was a little water that pumped out. It was pretty hot and the a/c system can really generate some water and was not concerned. We were pulling out of the marina, we were a little out of the channel and think I hit the out drive(still at idle speed) as I heard a bit of a thump. Did not really feel anything...I thought the temp was going up a little so I shut down the motor...I opened the hatch and water was up to the motor mounts. My auto bielge had not kicked in...so I started pumping while getting out to seatow and getting everyone jackets so it got to be a scramble. Water started going down so thought the pump was doing better than the water coming in- it pumped it all at and there was no more coming in. I thought a hose must have come off but did not want to mess with it on the water...then checked as I laid out above and zip...so will put it in the water...I can put a little more pressure on the system and still be on the trailer, run the Gen and ac...sure had to come from somewhere! It will be back in the 80's (42 here this am!) So will follow up then.
Will update.
Dream 'Inn III -- 2008 400 Express
In my engine bay i have 2. One under the front and then rear of the motor. All 3 will come on auto or manual, the rear two are on the same manual circuit but independent auto circuit.
I also have a manual. Hand pump stowed.
Im ocd with leaks from sailing i guess, with a displacement hull waves on a lake/windy day are fun. No other boats but sailboats.
I consider those as important as life jackets and fire extinguishers.
Only one of my pumps has an external pump switch and that's the easy access one under the front of the engine. In fresh water these guys live for decades if kept dry.
If i was near the salt id replace like a smoke alarm but id also be hitting 5 to 10 mile out reefs on good weather days.
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2018 Cherokee 39RL Land Yacht (Sorry...)
So was going to launch..my little town is having a seafood festival (aka food trucks) and a fishing tournament...107 boats were launching....
So, hoping that since I was running on the muffs once I got it in the water and opened up the thru Hull I would get some leaking...nope...so put a little throttle to it, certainly as much when coming out of the marina...nope...started the generator and let that run...nope....turned on the a/c, it seemed to be cooling as the snowflake on the panel was on...and the only thing I did not get was water discharge from the air to the outside of the boat. The ramp was backing up so had to abort. I did find the discharge water hose , I'm pretty sure but left more questions than answers. I did pull the a/c filter bowl and it was full of water and dumped it in the bielge. Should not have done that as it seems there is more water in that area than from that bowl. I need to track down the water flow for the system but it looks like the intake pump is right there at the thru Hull after the filter, but the discharge hose is connected right there too?
By the time I'm done, I'm going to go work for Al's son working on boats...