Green water port under starboard side of boat. What is it?

[TampaBoater]

So, I have this green metal water inlet port under the starboard side of the boat, and I am not sure whatt it is for. I also want to know if this is the reason why my boat holds water under the cuddy cabin most of the time, when in the water I have tuo turn the pump on after about 30 minutes. It's not a huge amount of water but my guess is it should not tbe there in the first place. Please help..!

 

[airdvr1227]

Re: Green water port under starboard side of boat. What is it?

That's a high speed water pickup. Tell us more about your boat.

 

[TampaBoater]

Re: Green water port under starboard side of boat. What is it?

That's a high speed water pickup. Tell us more about your boat.

My boat is a 22 ft Chris Craft Scorpion 215 with a 5.0L Mercruiser w/ alpha 1 drive. When I look in the engine compartment, there is no water accumulated, but even then, I turn the pomp on and about a 3/4 gallon water comes out. I don't know from where?
I have about a 1 inch hole in the cabin floor from which I can see the inside of the front hull, and I see water siiting there. When I get home, I tilt the trailer way up high, and the water comes out, but at ramp high, only about a pint of water comes out.

 

[airdvr1227]

Re: Green water port under starboard side of boat. What is it?

At some point there was probably a live well or wells for keeping bait fish or what you've caught. You'll need to figure out what that pickup feeds and find a way to close it. When you say you're turning on the pump...I'm assuming you mean the bilge pump correct? There will also be live well pump(s).

 

[blackhawk180]

Re: Green water port under starboard side of boat. What is it?

At some point there was probably a live well or wells for keeping bait fish or what you've caught. You'll need to figure out what that pickup feeds and find a way to close it. When you say you're turning on the pump...I'm assuming you mean the bilge pump correct? There will also be live well pump(s).

Agree. Water in boat bad. It's certainly not designed that way so something is leaking and should be fixed.

 

[TampaBoater]

Re: Green water port under starboard side of boat. What is it?

At some point there was probably a live well or wells for keeping bait fish or what you've caught. You'll need to figure out what that pickup feeds and find a way to close it. When you say you're turning on the pump...I'm assuming you mean the bilge pump correct? There will also be live well pump(s).

Yes the bilge pump. There is a water hose connection inside the engine compartment that i guess that is what it connects to for feeding the bait wells…it is closed though, it has a valve that you manually close or open…

If i wanted to remove that water pick up and seal, how would I go about it..? I removed the 2 screws retaining in place, but it still not loosening up...

 

[airdvr1227]

Re: Green water port under starboard side of boat. What is it?

It's very possible your leak isn't coming from there but from what you describe it sounds plausible. Any way to see better when she's in the water? Those types of connections will weather especially in the salt water environment.

In the first picture did you take that off the boat and re-attach it?

 

[TampaBoater]

Re: Green water port under starboard side of boat. What is it?

It's very possible your leak isn't coming from there but from what you describe it sounds plausible. Any way to see better when she's in the water? Those types of connections will weather especially in the salt water environment.

In the first picture did you take that off the boat and re-attach it?

No, that picture just shows that pick uo still on the boat with screws off, I haven't been able to remove, its sloid in there and dont want to force in case I damage something… I will take a pic of the hole inside the cabin floor to you see ...

 

[TampaBoater]

Re: Green water port under starboard side of boat. What is it?

Here it is…as of now, my boat is tilted way up, and I can still see the water sitting there…i am begining to think that water is just trapped there…

I also tried to access the inside hull throught this panel but that is just for the gas tank…


Also if it wasnt tilted and it rained,,the water would start flooding that cabin floor. I have to replace the bilge pump with an automatic one that I bought.

 

[Chris1956]

Re: Green water port under starboard side of boat. What is it?

Your Mercruiser has the water pickup in the outdrive? Sometimes they like to supply water thru the hull to the larger Sterndrive motors. Maybe that is left over from another motor?

 

[TampaBoater]

Re: Green water port under starboard side of boat. What is it?

Your Mercruiser has the water pickup in the outdrive? Sometimes they like to supply water thru the hull to the larger Sterndrive motors. Maybe that is left over from another motor?

Yes the outdrive has the water impeller…I dont see any hoses coming from the front of the hull, and that water pick under the starboard in the only opening in the hull...

 

[airdvr1227]

Re: Green water port under starboard side of boat. What is it?

A high speed pickup is most likely for the live well. See this link . Yours is similar and you don't want to remove it just yet until you know that it's the problem. What am I looking at in picture 2 and 3?

 

[TampaBoater]

Re: Green water port under starboard side of boat. What is it?

Alright bear with me since I have not used a boat's bait well before. Here's a pic. I did a little experiment, and filled both compartments with water. They both drained out through the back drain. The one of the left is just a compartment with a drain, so I am guessing its for ice and storing your caugght fish in there. The right one, has a water hose connectinon to an originator? Maybe? lol…looks like a little cpvc pipe with holes in it for filling. My guess is this connects via garden hose to the inlet inside the engine compartment, which you will then open, and when youpick up speed, it recycles the water, which overflows through an outlet on the starboard side outlet… The only thing I can think of is that this high speed water pick up is damaged inside, and leaking water into the hull.

 

[TampaBoater]

Re: Green water port under starboard side of boat. What is it?

A high speed pickup is most likely for the live well. See this link . Yours is similar and you don't want to remove it just yet until you know that it's the problem. What am I looking at in picture 2 and 3?

Picture 2 is the same as 3, that is the little hole in the cabin floor, through which I can see the water in the hull

 

[airdvr1227]

Re: Green water port under starboard side of boat. What is it?

You will have to find a way to get at the back of the inlet and figure out if it's leaking.

 

[TampaBoater]

Re: Green water port under starboard side of boat. What is it?

What about the fact that the live well drains out thru the back plug…isn't it supposed to hold the water inside and just drain thru the side port…?

 

[Home Cookin']

Re: Green water port under starboard side of boat. What is it?

I'm not sure I quite follow you, but a live well or fish box should not drain into the bilge or elsewhere in the hull.

 

[TampaBoater]

Re: Green water port under starboard side of boat. What is it?

I'm not sure I quite follow you, but a live well or fish box should not drain into the bilge or elsewhere in the hull.

This is where I have yet another mystery. The fish box drains into the bilge area thru a regular ruber hose I found….I poured water in the box, and it drained thru there, the live well on the other hand, i poured water in it and it drained thru the back plug.. i quickly looked to see if i saw any water flow into the bilge and, nope..nothing..scratching my head at this point. If the plumbing connecting the box to the drain plug was cracked, it would not account for water coming in because the plug would prevent that…I don't know what else. I have inspected the hull for any craks or holes..none that i can see...

 

[BigDfromTN]

Re: Green water port under starboard side of boat. What is it?

Here it is…as of now, my boat is tilted way up, and I can still see the water sitting there…i am begining to think that water is just trapped there…


Also if it wasnt tilted and it rained,,the water would start flooding that cabin floor. I have to replace the bilge pump with an automatic one that I bought.]

Could there be a leak higher up the boat? At the bow eye or even higher around a window or something ? Just a thought.

 

[Chris1956]

Re: Green water port under starboard side of boat. What is it?

Gee, I would think water would enter the starboard well, from the starboard fitting, and drain out the side of the starboard hull, near the waterline. That bronze fitting would be plumbed to a livewell pump, and then the livewell fitting and have a shutoff valve between the bronze fitting and the pump. The electric would be run to a switch on the dash. That is how my livewell is set up. Maybe the livewell pump went bad, and the PO never replaced it?