Smell from Engine Bay?

[blackchrome]

Hi all - have problem I wanted to bounce of the group to see if anyone has experienced this: we have a sweet-vinegar strong smell coming from the engine bay of our 2016 Mondo. I checked for leaks - coolant or other - and found nothing. No dead animals either. Any ideas? Curious to know. Happy floating!

[larry_arizona]

Do you need to clean bilge?


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[MJHSupra]

Boat sit on a lift?

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[blackchrome]

[QUOTE=larry_arizona;354181]Do you need to clean bilge?

Maybe that’s the ticket. I haven’t done it, but I suppose there could be some stagnant to water in there that I cant see. Thx!

[blackchrome]

It does sit on a lift - covered lift.

[blackchrome]

It was the bilge! 5 gallons of soapy water, a couple laps around the lake, and everything smells good again. Thanks for the insight.

[MJHSupra]

It was the bilge! 5 gallons of soapy water, a couple laps around the lake, and everything smells good again. Thanks for the insight.

Pretty common when boats sit on the lift. Dawn soap works good. West Marine also sells a bio product that works, not sure if that's the one that smells like oranges.

[larry_arizona]

Dawn works but is not lake friendly. Although they seem to use it to clean ducks in an oil spill.

West marine and star brite bilge cleaners are lake friendlier.

I suppose after you pull boat from lake, you can always put cleaner in bilge and let trailering action do the work, then pull plug at home.


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