suddenly water ?

fishing today my auto bildge pump came on, then I turned on the manual bilge also.
My question is , what's the most likely source of the leak?. drain plug was tight.
live well was full of water, seemingly working well
what should I check 1st?

thanks

Was boat outside during a rain ??

Over flowing live well??? <*)}}}><

Livewell hose or fitting with a crack in it. Loose screws in the rub rail if it is a glass boat.

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Originally Posted by CatFan

Livewell hose or fitting with a crack in it. Loose screws in the rub rail if it is a glass boat.

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my guess too

Hose clamp on inside of hull fittings to livewell...

Put boat on trailer and add water to bilge...

If water comes out from the opening of the livewell intake...the leak is somewhere in that livewell intake line...

If there's no indication there...fill the livewell up to overflowing...

Maybe Chatt is correct ...the overflow line may be leaking...

Rickie

An issue that I faced with water in bilge was the livewell overflowing, My issue was when i would run the fill pump (not the recirculating pump) it would fill faster than the water would exit through the little 1 inch overflow tube in hull, I ran a peice of weed eater string through the one inch overflow at the top of the livewell without any issues, the dang pump was just putting water in the livewell at a larger volume than it could easily get rid of.
The fix for me was to take the inlet jet and push it in further inside the well and restrict the flow from the fill pump just a little.
Hope this helps if this is indeed the issue. I had to adjust it until I could get the same rate of fill and overflow matched

Could be water leaking out of your hds unit..............lol.........had to say that

I dipped it in epoxy 3x.
IT'S GOOD

Livewell