On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:46:21 -0400, "C."
wrote:

Is it common for boats to have water in the bilge area almost all the time?
I mean, you turn on the bilge pump and pump it out, then a few hours later
you look and there's some water down there again...

Should it be bone dry? Or is it more often than not a fact that some water
will end up sitting there?


If it's a Mercruiser I/O, check to see that the engine drain cocks on the lower
part of the block are closed. One of the mechanics at my marina busted the
handle off one of mine, which left the drain opening wide open. It took several
weeks for me to figure out where the water was coming from.
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."