[dudley]

I think that I have narrowed my water intrusion leak to backflow INTO the boat from the bilge pump discharge hole. This is entirely rhetorical, but WHY in the world would any boat manufacturer put this transom bilge pump outlet BELOW the water line?? I have determined that the port side inlet/discharge hole on my 02 190bay is for the bilge. Anyone know what the other inlet/discharge hole is for? I was told fuel overflow, but I kinda have a hard time believing that, what with the potential for getting water into the fuel system.

My real question to you guys is this: Has anyone put some type of "check valve" into the bilge pump hose line to eliminate water coming back into the bilge of the boat, and if so, where did you get these valves? How succesfull was this installation in solving the problem of water leaking BACK into the bilge. Was your bilge pump powerful enough to pump bilge out through this check valve? And btw, from what I've seen of the bilge pump on my boat, I would think you have to be a chimpanzee with FIVE foot long skinny arms to replace that (NOT AUTOMATIC) bilge pump...what the heck?