locating a hull leak

[texsun]

I think I may have a leak in the hull that is probably under the engine area of my '96 Larson Volvo 3.0 174sei. Would you recommend plugging the boat and filling/adding water? I trailer my boat and I guess I'd just crawl under and look for water leak. Any help is appreciated!<br /><br />Thanks

 

[Laddies]

Re: locating a hull leak

If you ck the hull and don't see any bad spots or damage tyo the hull, you probably have a bellows or something in the gimbal plate leaking

 

[jimmythekid]

Re: locating a hull leak

dont fill the boat with water, like laddies said, if there is no hull damage, you may have a fitting, or bellows or something. Filling boats with water is more for small aluminum fishing boats. I personally would never intentionally fill a boat with water. Especially one like yours. Bad things begin to happen when that much water gets into a boat. Lift your drive all the way up and look for cracks in the bellows.