Bilge Pump Testing - Maxum 2200SR3 Owner's Manual

Bilge Pump Testing

• The bilge pump is critical to the safety of your boat.
• Check the bilge pump often to make sure it is working.
Test the pump as follows:
1. Turn On the bilge pump switch at
the helm.
2. Any water in the bilge should
pump overboard.
• If the pump motor is running, but
not pumping, inspect the discharge
hose for a kink or collapsed area.
• If no problems are found, check the
bilge pump housing for clogging
debris as follows:
1. Remove the power cartridge:
a. Lift the tab while rotating the
fins counter-clockwise.
b. Lift out the power cartridge.
c. Clear the outer housing of debris.
2. Reinstall the power 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.
BILGE PUMP COMPONENTS
TAB FIN
Chapter 6: Plumbing
LIGHT FILM OUTER
OF OIL "O" RING HOUSING
CAM POWER
(TYPICAL) CARTRIDGE (TYPICAL)
SLOT
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