1998 Speedster, water in hull

[seadoospeedster]

I'm getting water in my hull and I don't know where it is coming from. When I take the boat out I don't see it leaking from anywhere. However when I take out the drain plug, depending on run time there may be as much as 25 - 30 gallons of water in the hull. Any answers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

[Dr Honda]

I'm getting water in my hull and I don't know where it is coming from. When I take the boat out I don't see it leaking from anywhere. However when I take out the drain plug, depending on run time there may be as much as 25 - 30 gallons of water in the hull. Any answers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

30 gallons... you would be sinking. But I would believe 5 to 10 gallons. My Sportster will dump out 5 gallons after a day on the water. That's not enough to get up to the bilge pump.

I would probably say your leak is either a break in the cooling lines going to the muffler, a crack in the exhaust, or the drive shaft seal. Any of those 3 things can hide, and leak a bunch of water into the bilge.

 

[seadooya]

silicone up the exhaust flange/s ouside the boat.

 

[seadoospeedster]

thanks so much for the information.

 

[Jasonheresa]

My Challenger does the same! There is about 2 or 3 gallons after a day.

30 gallons... you would be sinking. But I would believe 5 to 10 gallons. My Sportster will dump out 5 gallons after a day on the water. That's not enough to get up to the bilge pump.

I would probably say your leak is either a break in the cooling lines going to the muffler, a crack in the exhaust, or the drive shaft seal. Any of those 3 things can hide, and leak a bunch of water into the bilge.

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I also noticed there is a small amount of rainbow in the water, is this just oil, gas, and grease in the engine compartment? My boat is pretty clean around the engines.