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Advice needed - Drilling a small hole in my PWC footwells?
"Larry" wrote in message ... "Chuck" wrote in news:Ca6ck.186773$TT4.51356@attbi_s22: What do ya think??? Not a good idea at all........ WHEN, not if, a PWC flips over, it rides on a trapped bubble of air caused by the hull that is quite well sealed around its bottom. Notice how all the openings in the PWC hull are high up when it's sitting upright. When it flips over, it floats on this bubble with very little air leakage out to sink it until you show up, laughing and panting, to flip it back over. When you do flip it back over, WITH THE CARBS GOING OVER THE TOP PLEASE, there is very little water now trapped in the hull because of this hydraulic locked air bubble that kept the water out of the hull upside down.....and kept the water out of the engine upside down, too! Now YOU come along and want to drill some VENT HOLES to let the TRAPPED AIR BUBBLE escape allowing water to rush into the upside down hull to flood the amazingly-expensive-to-fix engine and maybe even sink the boat! Not a good idea.......AT ALL....... Thanks Larry, I understand where you are coming from. I had intended to plug the holes with flush plugs like those pictured here http://www.moellermarine.com/afterma...ll/acessories/ or here http://www.aquacraftmodels.com/acces...aqub9506-2.jpg I will wait to see a few more responses and will still probably wait. By then the water I am so concerned about may evaporate! |
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Advice needed - Drilling a small hole in my PWC footwells?
Uh, maybe a cover to keep the rain out?
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Advice needed - Drilling a small hole in my PWC footwells?
"Chuck" wrote in
news:Ps9ck.186996$TT4.161236@attbi_s22: Thanks Larry, I understand where you are coming from. I had intended to plug the holes with flush plugs like those pictured here http://www.moellermarine.com/afterma...ll/acessories/ or here http://www.aquacraftmodels.com/acces...aqub9506-2.jpg I will wait to see a few more responses and will still probably wait. By then the water I am so concerned about may evaporate! Why not just tilt the PWC trailer up so the ride plate is sitting on the ground. Prop it up there if you have to. There's no oil in the engine that's gonna run out tilted with the bow up like that. If you tilt it up, the footwells will drain out the back like they're supposed to....no holes necessary. |
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