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Title: sinking boat
Post by: bdowdy on March 09, 2015, 11:46:47 AM
hi all..well noticed last few trips that when I pull the bungs at end of fishing day that theres a lot more water coming out than should... :'(ive looked under the boat and cannot see any holes...bungs rubber are good..so I filled the boat with the hose this morning to see if I could see any leaks water escaping anywere....I couldn't see anything till water started coming out of live well black tap at back of boat just from the tap not the join..so would there be a hole in the pipe and would that be enough to let water into the boat..threw the tap.??????? I really have no idea were to start..and im not mechanical minded....and the closet boat shop is roughly a hour or so....ANY HELP
Title: Re: sinking boat
Post by: aussiebasser on March 09, 2015, 12:18:22 PM
It could be Brett.  The whole idea of a boat is to keep the water on the outside.  When they start getting water on the inside, something is normally broken.  Most times, this has something to do with the live well.  Is that the drain hose or the fill hose for the well?  Try shooting some water into the hose from the outside under pressure and see where it ends up.
Title: Re: sinking boat
Post by: bdowdy on March 09, 2015, 01:03:05 PM
 :youbeauty..cheers dale just put the hose on the fill tap were water was coming out of this morning..... under pressure and the live well pump and hose are leaking....into hull >:( :'(.....hope this is the major problem solved....ill try to plug the hole next trip to make sure that is the prob....then get a new pump next trip to a boat shop...thanks heaps for the help dale :thanks
Title: Re: sinking boat
Post by: aussiebasser on March 09, 2015, 01:28:42 PM
Let's face it Brett, how often do you catch fish to need that live well???  :)
Title: Re: sinking boat
Post by: bdowdy on March 09, 2015, 02:09:07 PM
 :)) :)) :))yep your funny....not much really only when the young fella wants to keep a fish..other than that they all go back :thumbsup
Title: Re: sinking boat
Post by: A Marshall on March 15, 2015, 08:07:34 AM
My live well makes a great lure storage area.

Cheers Andrew