Specifications

Chapter 5: Plumbing 175 • Owner’s Manual Supplement

Bilge Pump Testing

• The bilge pump is critical to the safety of your boat.

• Check the bilge pump often to make sure it is working.

Test the pump often as follows:

1. Turn On the bilge pump switch at the helm.

2. Any water in the bilge should pump overboard.

• If the pump motor is running, but not pumping, inspect the discharge

hose for a kink or collapsed area.

• If no problems are found, check the bilge pump housing for clogging

debris as follows:

1. Remove the power cartridge:

a. Lift the tab while rotating the fins counter-clockwise.

b. Lift out the power cartridge.

c. Clear the outer housing of debris.

2. Reinstall the power cartridge:

a. Make sure the “O” ring is properly seated.

b. Coat the “O” ring with a light film of vegetable or mineral oil.

c. Align the cams on either side of the power cartridge with the two

slots on the outer housing

d. Press the power cartridge into the housing while

twisting clockwise.

3. Check the reinstallation by trying to twist the fins counter-clockwise

without lifting the tab; the cartridge should stay in place.

OF OIL

“O” RING

TAB FIN

POWER

CARTRIDGE

SLOTCAM

(TYPICAL)

LIGHT FILM

BILGE PUMP COMPONENTS

OUTER

HOUSING

(TYPICAL)