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Thanks to Philip, Peter and Capt. Kerry.
Re Capt. Kerry's point the hose is not above the engine.
It discharges into the bilge at the bottom of the engine
a few inches above the engine mounts.
The sea water flows when engine is running and stops when
the engine is shut down, so it's working as it should.
I will do as Philip has done and redirect it to a cockpit scupper,
so as to eliminate/reduce the rusting effect the sea water has
on the keel bolt nuts and metal items at the base of the engine.
Per Peter the hose apparantly has a loop to stop any backflow
should the cockpit get filled with sea water, and I will
check that.
Thanks again - Mike.
--- In , Philip Lange
<philip dot lange at dot dot dot > wrote:
>
> What I meant was that I removed the little ball and spring from
the vented
> loop 'thingie', installed a fitting that allowed me to connect a
small
> diameter hose to it. I then led the to the cockpit and exited
above a
> scupper. When the water flowed I knew the raw water pump was
operating.
> When I shut the engine down, the vacuum was broken immediately- no
moving
> parts.
> Simple.
>
> Philip
>
> At 12:01 PM 4/13/2008, you wrote:
> >
> >I am not quite sure what you meant by "took the guts out of my
> >vented loop" ?
> >
> >Thanks again - Mike Murphy.
>
