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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | I’m pretty puzzled by this one, but I have some type of a leak in the boat. There’s nothing whatsoever that is jumping out to me as the possible cause, and giving it a lookover yielded nothing. Any thing in particular to look for if you seemingly can’t find the root cause? |
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Location: Delavan, WI | livewell hoses or pumps is a very typical leak on a lot of boats look for a split in hose or loose clamp even pump elbows can crack or completely fall off |
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Location: Ashland WI | I would also guess it would be a faulty live well hose. |
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| depending on the age ,i found livewell fittings on an 20 year old boat need resealing and that did the trick . redid all and dry now . |
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| Also, if you have a thru hull transducer make sure the epoxy around the mount hasn’t loosened. |
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| Good suggestions already. Check the overflow fittings/hose on the livewell too. Had that issue with my old Tuffy. |
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Location: new richmond, wi. & isle, mn | Had a similar problem. Ended up being the livewell pump housing had cracked. |
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Location: Lake Country, Wisconsin | Hmm...Main livewell, which I don’t use often, is very sluggish to fill. Sometimes it takes a few minutes to “fire” and pump water. Wondering if that is the issue based on some of your thoughts. |
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| Maybe plug the livwell intake from the outside next time u fish. If it doesn’t leak then I have narrowed the problem to the livewell |
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Posts: 2015
| I too bet it’s live well related, happened in my last Ranger |
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| I once had a live well hose leak mid way up the length of the hose under the deck. It was caused by the hose rubbing against a stringer over the years. Plugging the live well intake cured it until the off season. It was a big problem fixing it. |
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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Hiya,
I know with my rig, if the ramp is a steeper one, the water comes up over the setback into the splashwell, which I think gets in through the hose boot and into the transom area.
If the livewell hose is loose, that would make sense for your livewell pump as it needs to have the water pressure on it to allow the impeller inside to push water in. If that has any air in the system, it will either A) not pump at all, or if partially filled B) take some time to get going.
I think you are right brian...that is the place to start. If you are not on the water to test, take a hose with just a touch of pressure and put it to the livewell intake...then if you can see down to your pump housing area, you'll know immediately...
Steve |
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