Bilge Pump Testing - Bayliner 275 Owner's Manual

Chapter 6: Plumbing

Bilge Pump Testing

• The bilge pumps are vital to the safety of your boat.
• Test the bilge pumps often to make sure they are working properly.
Testing process:
1. Turn On the manual switches at the helm.
2. Any water in the bilge should pump overboard.
• If a pump motor is running, but not pumping, inspect the discharge hose for a kink or collapsed area.
• If no problems are found with the discharge hose, check the bilge pump housing for clogging debris as follows:
Checking for clogging debris:
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.
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TAB
FIN
275 • Owner's Manual Supplement
LIGHT FILM OUTER
OF OIL HOUSING
"O" RING
CAM POWER SLOT
(TYPICAL) CARTRIDGE (TYPICAL)