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Ballast Issue
I have the wakemakers larger rear ballast bags on my 2019 helix. Normally I piggyback the original fat sac bag on top of the larger port side bag (just manually fill it w a tsunami pump, not yet plumbed in/attached). I only fill it like a quarter full maybe an extra 100-200 lbs. It never seems to be an issue when the lower bag is full because it can’t be compressed and cause a problem at the connection at the bottom. Unfortunately, tonight the autowake was accidentally turned on and the system all but emptied the lower bag and the empty/fill connection port must’ve gotten squashed by the extra bag on top and became detached. The problem is it now looks like perhaps it also broke a seal (if there is a seal there)? Or maybe on the other side of the back wall where the pump is the pump became detached? When the boat still had ballast and was weighted down, it looked like water was coming back in through that hole but not through the fill hose itself where it connects to the bag. When we emptied ballast it didn’t look like water was getting in anymore, but I suspect there may be a seal there that might be loose now or broken? Or perhaps the hose is now detached from the pump? Hopefully this gibberish makes sense, can anyone shed light on this please? The pump still runs, just want to have an idea of what I may have done, hopefully not too expensive to get fixed.
Last edited by Bch53211; 10-24-2024 at 11:23 PM.
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