Chapter 5: Plumbing; Bilge Pump; Bilge Pump Testing - Bayliner 212 Runabout Owner's Manual Supplement

212 • Owner's Manual Supplement

Chapter 5: Plumbing

Bilge Pump

Discharge of oil, oil waste or fuel into navigable waters is prohibited by law. Violators are
subject to legal action by the local authorities.
• Your boat is equipped with a bilge pump for
pumping water out of the bilge.
• The bilge pump is controlled by a switch at the
helm.

Bilge Pump Testing

• The bilge pump is vital to the safety of your
boat.
• Test the bilge pump often to make sure it is
working properly.
To test each bilge pump:
1. Turn On the bilge pump switch at the helm.
2. Make sure that water in the bilge is pumped
overboard.
• If there is water in the bilge and the pump
motor is running, but not pumping, inspect the
discharge hose for a kink or collapsed area.
If the discharge hose looks okay, check the bilge
pump housing for clogging debris.
Checking for clogging debris:
1. Remove the pump cartridge from
the housing:
a. Lift the tab while rotating the fins
counter-clockwise.
b. Lift out the pump cartridge.
c. Clear the outer housing of debris.
2. Reinstall the pump cartridge:
a. Make sure the "O" ring is
properly seated.
b. Coat the "O" ring with a light film
of vegetable or mineral oil.
c. Align the cams on either side of
the power cartridge with the two
slots on the outer housing
d. Press the power cartridge into the
housing while twisting clockwise.
3. Check the reinstallation by trying to twist the fins counter-clockwise without lifting the tab; the cartridge should
stay in place.
NOTICE
BILGE
PUMP
TAB
THRU-HULL
LIGHT FILM
OF OIL "O" RING
CAM PUMP
FIN
(TYPICAL) CARTRIDGE
OUTER
HOUSING
SLOT
(TYPICAL)
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