How much water should be in the bilge?

[Matt Garcia]

I am curious how much water should be in the bilge after a day of riding?

Today I discovered about a half gallon or less in my bilge after riding. I cant tell if its residual water from the engine that dripped out after I winterized or something else.

My bilge did not come on at all, at least not that I am aware of. So its not a lot but enough to make me wonder.

[gman]

Did you start out with the bildge dry?

[lee]

I am curious how much water should be in the bilge after a day of riding?

Today I discovered about a half gallon or less in my bilge after riding. I cant tell if its residual water from the engine that dripped out after I winterized or something else.

My bilge did not come on at all, at least not that I am aware of. So its not a lot but enough to make me wonder.

Five gallons is what you should have if you went today. It was 42* here today.

[Coach]

I have not had one drop to date in the bilge area! I really like not having to worry about water in the bilge,..................yet.

[spharis]

I get a half to a full gallon in mine. Mostly from the packing.

[dogbert]

I'm assuming you don't have packing. My bilge got a whole lot drier when I replaced the packing with one of those dripless (I still think it drips a little bit) shaft seals.

I usually get about a gallon from my kids getting in and out of the boat when they're wet.

[Lucky 275]

If we're just cruising around, I don't get any.

However, we do get a little water, in the bilge, from wet gear and bodies, on the v-drive compartments. It's normally less than a half gallon.

[Matt Garcia]

Well to be fair I did start off with water in the bilge but I assumed I got rid of it.

My PSS shaft at one time needed to be adjusted since it was leaking water. It maybe possible that its still has a small leak.

Im thinking I just need to have a completely dry bilge before I launch and see how much water accumulates if any. Hopefully its just from overspill on my extra sacks or people getting in and out of the boat.

lee, that's what you get when you live in TN.

[mtnsmith]

If we are only cruising, then no water. If we are boarding, then maybe half a gallon to a gallon??? Last week when my freshwater shower bladder decided to leak, quite a few gallons even after the bilgepump had been on several times. It is a 30 gallon fat sac that I had about 20 gallons in.

[my86stanggt]

I like to refer to my shaft seal as my automatic ballast system. It's keeps getting better and better at filling the older it gets.

[dogbert]

I like to refer to my shaft seal as my automatic ballast system. It's keeps getting better and better at filling the older it gets.

Yeah, and only one (bilge) pump to maintain...very economical, too.

[my86stanggt]

It takes up no room in the interior and you can adjust the fill rate with the drain plugs.