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Thanks Philip. This is helpful.The hose I'm talking about comes
straight down from it's connection at the exhaust riser which is in
the form of an elbow about 2 1/2 feet over the engine. It is about
1/4 inch and you can see a small but steady stream of sea water
discharge into the bilge.
What I think I can do is turn it aft 90 degrees - without crimping
it - about 1 foot down from where it's connected, bore a hole
through a partition, take it through a locker and terminate it at a
scupper in the aft part of the cockpit, where I can also see it.
I am not quite sure what you meant by "took the guts out of my
vented loop" ?
Thanks again - Mike Murphy.
--- In , Philip Lange
<philip dot lange at dot dot dot > wrote:
>
> This is strange. Could it be that this is a hose from a faulty
vacuum breaker?
>
> I took the guts out of my "vented loop" affixed a 1/4" hose and
routed it
> into the cockpit above a scupper. Served two purposes. First:
eliminated
> the leakage into the bilge and second: let me know the raw water
pump was
> functioning.
>
> If this is the case, That is what I recommend.
> Philip
>
> At 08:08 PM 4/12/2008, you wrote:
>
> >The exhaust elbow riser over my 2003T Volvo Penta that keeps sea
water
> >from backing up into to the engine has a very small diameter hose
that
> >discharges sea water into the bilges.
>
