Regarding your no flow or low flow, if you pinch off the hose by the Y-connector, you will get a more complete flush or flow through your system.
Sorry to have you spend the time replying to this, but the no/low flow is a non-issue now. It turned out my wife was actually doing laundry/showering while I was trying to flush the motors, which created a low flow for me at the hose outside. During my next flush, when no one was using water in the house, I had water coming out of both spouts for the motors.
So, on your live well inlet.. there is a little black lever on the inlet fitting that is a valve.. has anyone checked to make sure that is fully open? That inlet director also spins off..
Yes I found that little black lever and ensured it was open. I also spun off the inlet director to ensure there were no clogs at that point.
If it is the original live well pump it could either be bad
It's not the original - it's a replacement from the dealer, during the period where the previous owner owned the boat.
or there is debris clogging the inlet
I held a garden hose up to the inlet director and let water flow backwards through the live well piping, to backflush it all, so I would think if there was debris clogged in the pump or inlet back flushing would have resolved it, which it did not.
did you try manipulating the sea cock for the live well inlet while it was running to see if it made a difference?
I did not. I did at least confirm that the sea cock is in the correct position. I tried to spin it, but I'm actually not able to spin it. Now that I'm typing this I'm realizing maybe that DOES mean there is something clogged in the sea cock, blocking the flow of water and stopping me from being able to spin it? I guess it's possible, but, confuses me if it is, because like I mentioned above back flushing worked. I would think if the sea cock/hose area was blocked with debris it wouldn't backflush either.
I see that you have a different trailer than stock….. Can you see the thru hull on the bottom for the live well pick up?
I can't see it, it's blocked by the bunk.
Also if your moving too fast the live well will not pull water in as it does not have a high speed pick up.
I was not moving when I tried to fill it. I was sitting still.
The live well does not fill super fast, so a picture would be helpful
Possibly a non-issue because the boat is at the dealer currently for keel repair and they've agreed to look at the live well since it was supposed to be working when they sold me the boat.
The oem fill pump is a Tsunami
My pump is not OEM but I'm not sure what pump it is at the moment. If this becomes a problem in the future, after I get the boat back, I can dive deeper into this.
Your bilge pump activity is extremely excessive for thed length of time you were out and when you were cruising.
And then of course this last time we just went out the bilge never kicked on. Despite this, when we got back to the ramp, when I opened the drain plug on the ramp water drained out for a minute or two. This is something I will have to keep an eye on and pay more attention to as we continue to use the boat.
Next time we go out I will not put the drain plug in until we're on the ramp so that I can be 100% sure all water is drained out of the boat before our outing. Keeping note of if the bilge pump comes on or not, in combination with seeing how much water collected after our trip is over, in combination with checking the engine bay throughout the trip, checking hose fittings, peeking into the cleanout tray, etc... to try and see if it's obvious where water is coming from, should help. I just need to have some time with it.
Most of the water, 95%-100% will be coming in through the clean out tray not being sealed up while underway. I think we addressed this in another thread? Apply seal and peel after the tray is installed.
Yes, we spoke about this elsewhere. I already purchased Seal n' Peel, I'm just waiting for the live well pump fiasco to be 100% resolved first, before sealing up the cleanout tray.
It's all coming along. I'm eating the elephant one bite at a time - I just can't eat any more until I get the boat back from the dealer. They're waiting for the weather to warm a little so they can have a proper hull temperature before using the 2 part epoxy.