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Chapter 7: Plumbing Walkaround Models • Owner’s Manual Supplement
• Your boat is equipped with either one or two automatic bilge pumps for pumping water out of the bilge.
• The bilge pumps are controlled by automatic float switches (autofloat switches) and/or switches at the helm.
• Bilge pumps are wired directly to the battery and will normally function even when the boat is completely shut
down and left unattended.
Bilge Pump Testing
• The bilge pumps are critical to the safety of your boat.
• Check the bilge pumps often to make sure they are working.
Test each pump often as follows:
1. Turn On the bilge pump switch at the helm.
2. Any water in the bilge should pump overboard.
• If the pump motor is running, but not pumping, inspect the discharge hose for a kink or collapsed area.
• If no problems are found, check the bilge pump housing for clogging debris as follows:
1. Remove the power cartridge:
a. Lift the tab while rotating
the fins counter-clockwise.
b. Lift out the power cartridge.
c. Clear the outer housing
of debris.
2. Reinstall the power cartridge:
a. Make sure the “O” ring is
properly seated.
b. Coat the “O” ring with a
light film of vegetable or
mineral oil.
c. Align the cams on either
side of the power cartridge
with the two slots on the
outer housing
d. Press the power cartridge into the housing while twisting clockwise.
3. Check the reinstallation by trying to twist the fins counter-clockwise without lifting the tab; the cartridge should
stay in place.
OF OIL
“O” RING
TAB FIN
POWER
CARTRIDGE
SLOTCAM
(TYPICAL)
LIGHT FILM
BILGE PUMP COMPONENTS
OUTER
HOUSING
(TYPICAL)
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