Hello,
I am busy working to get this newly acquired E32-3 into shape and the bilge system is confounding me for sure. I think I understand the mast/shower drain bilge. But the 4 sections forward of that just don't seem to drain correctly. Starting at the engine sump, I dump a gallon or 2 of water in which slowly seems to appear in the sump under the ladder (sump#1) only to dissapear into some 1/2 inch dia holes that go who knows where. Eventually some water starts to come out of the 1 inch dia hole from the engine sump and drains into sump#1 and exit forward thru another 1 inch dia hole but does not drain into the next sump forward (sump#2). It's going out of sump#1 but not coming out into sump#2. Humm. And there is lots of black hard "stuff'" in the area between sumps#1 and 2. Now if I dump water in sump#2 it will drain into sump#3, which has the pickup for the Whale manual bilge pump. And sump#3 will drain into sump#4, which has a float switch and electric bilge pump. Sump#5 here is the mast/shower sump which works as designed.
So my questions are numerous:
1. Is there a seperate sump for the engine compartment which should be pumped?
2. How is a serious engine compartment leak handled?
3. Should sump#1 drain freely into sumps forward of that to the bilge pumps?
4. Now the biggee - If the engine sump and all 5 sumps forward of that are dry, is the boat really dry?
This is a beautiful boat and I am looking forward to lots of sailing. But I do like things to work correctly, starting with the bilges. Now as for propellers etc, we are still working that problem.
Thanks to all - Jerry Riggs, Kingston, WA (close to PWT)
I am busy working to get this newly acquired E32-3 into shape and the bilge system is confounding me for sure. I think I understand the mast/shower drain bilge. But the 4 sections forward of that just don't seem to drain correctly. Starting at the engine sump, I dump a gallon or 2 of water in which slowly seems to appear in the sump under the ladder (sump#1) only to dissapear into some 1/2 inch dia holes that go who knows where. Eventually some water starts to come out of the 1 inch dia hole from the engine sump and drains into sump#1 and exit forward thru another 1 inch dia hole but does not drain into the next sump forward (sump#2). It's going out of sump#1 but not coming out into sump#2. Humm. And there is lots of black hard "stuff'" in the area between sumps#1 and 2. Now if I dump water in sump#2 it will drain into sump#3, which has the pickup for the Whale manual bilge pump. And sump#3 will drain into sump#4, which has a float switch and electric bilge pump. Sump#5 here is the mast/shower sump which works as designed.
So my questions are numerous:
1. Is there a seperate sump for the engine compartment which should be pumped?
2. How is a serious engine compartment leak handled?
3. Should sump#1 drain freely into sumps forward of that to the bilge pumps?
4. Now the biggee - If the engine sump and all 5 sumps forward of that are dry, is the boat really dry?
This is a beautiful boat and I am looking forward to lots of sailing. But I do like things to work correctly, starting with the bilges. Now as for propellers etc, we are still working that problem.
Thanks to all - Jerry Riggs, Kingston, WA (close to PWT)