[C320-list] [C320- Fresh water leak

[Doug Treff]

Check under your Auxiliary Steering port at the base of the pedestal. Mine was leaking. As evidenced by the water pooling on top of the steering gear below. I ended up replacing the entire port including the mounting ring with a new one from West Marine. Perfect fit. And one less leak.

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Doug Treff
doug at treff.us

On Sun, Jun 4, 2023, at 11:43 PM, Cheryl Dahl via C320-list wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> I am happy to have found this group and all the advice from so many 320
> owners.
> We purchased our boat 1997 #412 about 3 years ago and love it .
> We were never able to contact the previous owner with any questions about
> the boat as he had been placed in a memory care facility. Consequently,
> A lot of maintenance had been deferred.
> We have been eating the elephant one bite at a time and made good progress.
> One issue still plagues us though and that is our bilge is always filling
> with fresh water. I have done the taste test multiple times. The pressure
> pump does come on occasionally but not very often.
> I have checked around the forward and aft tanks and don’t see any signs of
> leaks, nothing by the water heater or under the port settee where the
> forward tank feeds aft to the pressure pump.
> Any suggestions or tips would be appreciate .
>
> Cheers ,
> Steve Dahl
> SV #412  Sans Souci
> Santa Barbara