2008 Outback taking on water in the bilge area... Any Ideas???
My 2008 Outback DD is suddenly taking on water in the bilge area... I noticed this last week for the first time... we ran the boat a few hours and stopped to let someone out at the dock... as I was taking off the boat started to stutter and then it stalled...it didn't want to start back up but finally did... I got it back to the dock and it seemed to run ok when not in gear... as soon as I put it in gear it would stall out again pretty quick... I noticed that there was A LOT more water in the bilge area than normal... I took it back to the landing this morning and pretty much the same... the boat was only in the water for maybe 5-8 minutes and the bilge area was full again... I pulled the boat out of the water and in my driveway I filled the bilge area from the top with the plug in to see if I could see a leak anywhere... water was pouring out of the exhaust hole on the back of the boat... any ideas on what this could be?
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2008 Outback taking on water in the bilge area... Any Ideas???
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Originally Posted by
kaneboats
Sounds like either a faulty seal at the exhaust exit point through the transom or a crack in an exhaust manifold or one of the pipes.
I have an 08, though it's an lsv but I had a similar issue this year. I found the issue at the starboard exhaust elbow, where it mates to the transom fitting. The way everything was lining up, the elbow hose was not mating all the way over the fitting. I was taking on water only when underway and had pressure from the exhaust, but as soon as I located the issue and loosened off the hose clamps, I started taking on lake water quickly. I found that one of the hose clamps was actually doing nothing. It must have worked itself off slowly over time, as this is the first year I have had the issue with water in the bilge- and it was hot!
Anyway, I fixed it out of the water, but it was not easy- it's tight in there. Good luck.