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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Fireman Sam - 5/31/2016 8:53 PM
I recently purchased an X-190 that is a few years old. The livewell does not seem to be working right. It will fill with water about half way when I have it in the empty or auto position which is good. The livewell drains fine when I get the boat back on the trailer. The problem is the pump only seems to pump maybe 1 gallon per minute. It just pumps a really slow steady steam into the livewell. That is whether I have the boat in the water or I fill the livewell while on the trailer to test. I have tried 3 different pumps from 750 gpm to 800 gmp. I have tried 90 degree pumps and straight pumps. I have changed all the water lines and also the valve. All the lines do not have any dips in them for air to get trapped. Is this the way these livewells are designed? To fill halfway by themselves and then a slow fill the rest of the way. I feel like my livewell spray head should be spraying a hard stream to fill fast and keep recirculating and moving water throughout the livewell. Or do I have a problem that I am not seeing? Thank you for any recommendations or advice.
What valve did you replace? Did you remove the spray head and make sure no debris or silicone is stuck in there? Is the spray head open all the way?
Try removing the spray head and see if the fill stream, which will shoot across the livewell, is stronger.
If you didn't replace or examine the valve that determines the setting, that may be the issue. Only two things between the water and the livewell, that valve and the spray head.
Make sure the hull fitting is clear as well.
The boat has an EZ pump covering the fill hole, which will force water through the system under power, hence the fill on empty or auto. It will not fill or drain on Recirculate. |
