Warm water in bilge
#12
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Check you exhaust hoses and clamps. Sometime they will leak at higher pressure/RPM's. Seen it more than one. Had the same symptoms on my own boat, chased that water in the bilge issue. Took a mirror and went around all the exhaust hoses and clamps. One was not even all the way around. loosened it up and moved it even, water leak gone. Rechecked a couple of weeks later and it was about 1 turn loose. .
Last edited by Helmwurst; 09-19-2021 at 07:54 PM. Reason: spelling
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#13
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My 2000 502mpis have high water pressure too. Higher than I like, but its been that way since I bought it 600ish hrs ago. With new impellers, they will peg the gauge at 35+ at WOT.
#15

Also isn't the water in the exhaust no longer under pressure? Because the gauge is moving up and down I keep looking after the sea water pump but before the exhaust. Am I correct on this?
#19

I need to get back in there and look again. When I changed the exhaust I did not see anything unusual. Also when I run it on the hose I get no water in the bilge but of course I can get the same extended amount of water pressure.
#20
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look at the freeze plugs while you're upside down