Washdown Woes

[obxthomas]

I have fresh and saltwater washdown on my boat but the saltwater washdown has almost no pressure. Water just dribbles out of the nozzle. Used to work fine. Any troubleshooting I can do ?

[Highlife]

Hi

You didn't mention if your boat is permanently moored in the water or a trailer boat.

However, a few possibilities:

If its moored in the water, there is most likely barnacles/weed or something inside the saltwater pick up.

Another possibility is the hose inside the bilge has had something move onto it so its been squashed.

Final possibility is the electric pump impeller or the pump itself is giving up.

I'll let you work out which of these it could be:)

John

[Special K 3]

Those raw water washdown pumps don't last that long. You probably burned it up and need a new one. Pretty common to replace often. My boat is 10 years old and I've replaced the shurflo probably 3 or 4 times.