[C38] water in my bilge

Donald Strong drstrong at ucdavis.edu
Sat Jul 9 15:22:20 EDT 2016


Holding tank leak? Blue dye into holding tank as diagnostic.

On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 2:53 PM, <taorasbk at aol.com> wrote:

> If the head bowl fills to overflow or if head pan fills then overflows to
> bilge, problem is leak In the head.  Check to be sure the head's flush
> water inlet valve closes completely.  If not fully closed flush water can
> siphon bro the bowl.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 7, 2016, at 11:51 AM, 1derful at comcast.net wrote:
>
> My bilge has been filling up with water rather quickly.
> The area in the head fills up to.
> Stuffing box appears OK.
> I closed through hull fitting.
> Water has the smell of urine...a bit.
> Any thoughts of where the water's coming from.
> Holding tank?
> I don't want Blue Eyes to become a "Yellow Submarine"
> Patrick
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