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Roody727 08-10-2014 09:40 PM

Where does this drain go? Water problem ... Help
 
I encountered an issue with water in my cabin this weekend. I was using the icebox for the first time this weekend (I have an ice box, not a refrigerator) and water leaked into the cabin. There is a collection area under the step in to the cabin that held the water, but it would not drain through the drain tub mounted there. I had to use the shop vac, which pulled all kinds of crap out of that tube. Question: Where does this drain into? The engine bay? Can I get an air house and blow it out without damaging or causing it to become disconnected at a coupling? It should drain ... right? This irritates the piss out of me, now knowing where it goes ... any help would be appreciated ... oh yea, it's a 1990 292 SR1, and it ran great all weekend (except for this)

Fischan 08-11-2014 06:08 AM

I'm pretty sure it drains into the bilge area, some of them do, some don't. There has been significant talk of this problem throughout the years here.
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/f...9-292-sr1.html

Roody727 08-11-2014 09:26 AM

Thanks Fischan!!

tpenfield 08-11-2014 11:44 AM

Yes . . . the drain/tube goes under the fuel tank and into the engine bilge. The tube itself is glassed over in the section that runs through the fuel bay.

Something to keep in m ind in case your bilge ever get too full of water; it will work its way up to the cabin.

Roody727 08-11-2014 04:13 PM

Thanks tpenfield ... I will be looking to see if it's blocked when it stops raining!!

Fischan 08-11-2014 06:44 PM

Pretty wet up here too. I'd guess the most rain all at one time so far this summer.

chris302 08-11-2014 07:48 PM

I had the same issue with my 85 302. I rigged up some 1/4 " nylon tubing to a garden hose fitting from home depot and shoved it in from the bilge all the way up to the cabin flushed out all kind of crap.

Roody727 08-12-2014 07:00 AM

I am scheduling a "boat enema" this week :whistle:

kevlar382 08-12-2014 09:12 AM


Originally Posted by chris302 (Post 4169579)
I had the same issue with my 85 302. I rigged up some 1/4 " nylon tubing to a garden hose fitting from home depot and shoved it in from the bilge all the way up to the cabin flushed out all kind of crap.

Jeff, if I were u I would go from the cabin to the bilge. Don't spray that junk into your cabin. Just a thought

Roody727 08-12-2014 10:40 AM

Exactly ... front to back!


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