[C320-list] Water

[Troy Dunn]

Depending on Hull number, it could be your muffler is leaking.   On Hull
#514, a leaking muffler drains off the muffler shelf, into the shaft
stuffing/dripless area, goes through a hole into the pan under the engine,
then through a hole and eventually into the bilge beneath the salon.      A
seemingly small leak will fill your engine pan fairly quickly in my
experience.   if it turns out to be your muffler search the forum for ideas
on repair/replacement.

Troy Dunn
S/V Wonky Dog
Hull #514


On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 10:14 AM Mark Seyler <mseyler at cox.net> wrote:

> For Hull #3, the anti-siphon loop in the raw water line to the heat
> exchanger may be in the forward half of the engine compartment, not in the
> lazarette.  That's where it is on the Perkins in my #232.  If the heat
> exchanger is constricted, and the anti-siphon valve is stuck open, it could
> pump sea water whenever the engine is running, and a leak there would put
> water under the engine.  You should be able to check it by watching the
> valve with the engine running at speed, to see if it drips.  (It wouldn't
> drip if the engine isn't running, and might not drip even if the engine was
> running at idle.)  In any event, you should make sure the valve is free as
> a
> regular maintenance item, to protect against siphoning.
>
> Mark Seyler
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf
> Of Ken
> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2017 8:32 AM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Water
>
> > I meant:
> > I think a leak at the stuffing box would drain to the bilge; not in the
> area directly under the engine or onto the sole. The water would go through
> a channel under the engine and the tray below the engine or, if the channel
> is clogged, around it to the bilge.
> Ken
> MoonDancer
> 1189
> 2006
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Apr 23, 2017, at 8:47 AM, Ken <kspir4 at cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > I think a leak at the stuffing box would drain to the bilge; not in the
> area directly under the engine on onto the sole.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Apr 23, 2017, at 8:38 AM, jbrown5093 at yahoo.com wrote:
> >>
> >> Stuffing box or shaft seal leak?
> >>
> >> Jim Brown
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >>
> >>> On Apr 22, 2017, at 8:29 PM, sail-ability sail-ability
> <sail-ability at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> If the anti-syphon duck bill valve has failed in the raw water
> >>> cooling loop ( look for it in the lazarette locker port side) it
> >>> will be obvious with the engine running.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers
> >>>
> >>> JohnM
> >>>
> >>> 1999#574
> >>>
> >>>   ---------- Original Message ----------
> >>>   From: Richard Wotruba <wotrubadick at yahoo.com>
> >>>   Date: April 22, 2017 at 7:47 PM
> >>>   Salt water under engine,inspected raw water pump,hoses, heat
> >>>   exchanger,no idea where its ominous from????It appears when boat
> >>>   under way with engine running.It gets full and runs over sole by
> >>>   stove plus into bilge and works its way back to keel bolt
> >>>   departments.Have had several professionals inspect no solution thus
> >>>   far any ideas,recommendations,please assist need help hope someone
> >>>   out there had similar challenge
> >>>   Sent from my iPad
> >>
>
>