Today on the lake I ran the bilge a few times and noticed quite a bit of water, solid stream for about 30-40 sec. When I got home and took the plug out it ran strong for about 4 min before turning into a drip, even tho the bilge pump wasnt pumping more water out on the lake.
While sitting on the back and taking some wakes over the transom, I noticed there are 2 holes where obviously a ton of water was getting in from the back being sumberged during those wakes. I attached a picture of them here. I washed the boat down and for fun i just put the hose in one of those holes and sure enough, a steady stream of water started out of the drain, but nothing out of the bilge pump. Should these have something covering them? I never thought much of them because Ive only had the boat for a year and didnt get out on it that much.
Also why would the bilge pump not be kicking the water out? It does kick some out on the water, like i said, but there was a ton coming out of the drain plug in the driveway and the bilge pump didnt see any of it.
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