Thread: suddenly water ?

I have a old Ranger that was leaking. It turned out that the sleeve the drain plug fits into was loose. Took it out and reset it in epoxy and everything was good. Just a thought.

thanks everyone, for now I'm guessing my live well was over flowing and getting to the bildge.

Originally Posted by brettw

thanks everyone, for now I'm guessing my live well was over flowing and getting to the bildge.

If that's the case ... check for cracks in the overflow/outflow tube. You can even do it at home, with boat on trailer !!

... cp

Originally Posted by crappiepappy

If that's the case ... check for cracks in the overflow/outflow tube. You can even do it at home, with boat on trailer !!

... cp

I had a crack in the elbow on the drain under my back live well and in the water the drain was below water line and let water come in through the crack.

no water yesterday, didn't use live well,

Originally Posted by brettw

no water yesterday, didn't use live well,

I bought a brand new Targa deep v a few years ago and if I was in rough water at all I would always end up with water in the bilge when I filled the live well. If I didnt fill the live well the bilge stayed dry. It turned out that when the live well was full the water would splash up around the top the live well which was not sealed to the floor so water would leak over and run into the bilge.

Another possibility. If you had fish in the well and it was full of water. A fish tail was covering the overflow. If your live wells are not sealed to the bottom of the deck, your fill pump was filling up the boat. Had this happen to me and had to install the fill pump screen that is on the transom (step area) of the boat. Look at a bass boat transom, you will see the screens covers next to the drain plug. It took a while to figure out what was going on.