Finding a WATER LEAK In A BOAT!

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Комментарии • 137

  • @MrSully350
    @MrSully350 3 года назад +6

    Love the videos guys. As a new boat owner; your content has been incredibly helpful!

  • @jejoko
    @jejoko 3 года назад +6

    Great videos brother.
    God bless you. You are a blessing for the DIY boating community.
    I personally wouldn't be able to afford a boat like mine without videos like yours.

  • @BigWater59
    @BigWater59 3 года назад +39

    I am not a mechanic but the easier way is just fill the hull with a little water and look for the drips... Solved many leaks this way.

    • @officialWWM
      @officialWWM 3 года назад +1

      BigWater59 that's how I found mine.

    • @hv9356
      @hv9356 3 года назад +7

      So you would have to fill the boat up to the rub rail with water? That seems excessive.

    • @HeIIoSeattIe
      @HeIIoSeattIe 3 года назад

      what if the hull is dry but you have water draining onto the deck of the boat?

    • @nitrocw
      @nitrocw 3 года назад +6

      Nope, youre definitely not a mechanic. That might work on a john boat, not this one.

    • @Boss_Man-kh5fr
      @Boss_Man-kh5fr 3 года назад +2

      Well I know from experience that's not always the case it could be the hoses in the boat leaking.

  • @youdonthavetoreadthispost.5850
    @youdonthavetoreadthispost.5850 Год назад +2

    Good stuff! If you can't find your leak sprinkle fine sawdust in the water and watch where it enters or clings to the hull. It will even expand there and slow the leak temporarily. Time your bilge pump and know what is normal. Hang one foot off the bunk just in case. 🛥 I spend the first night on board or keeping a close eye on things. We even towed our wood boats to the slip and let them soak before starting the engines the next day.⛵

  • @jmac3394
    @jmac3394 2 года назад +1

    Thank you so much for the video... You pointed me right to the separation under the rub rail!

  • @CapeAnnImages
    @CapeAnnImages 3 года назад +1

    Nice video! I had a 2001 21' Sea Pro W/A and my live well did the same thing. It turned out every time I turned on the pump it was pushing in more volume of water than the drain could discharge. To solve that I half way closed the valve and never had a problem again. Best Regards, Jay

  • @stuarthennessy8551
    @stuarthennessy8551 3 года назад +3

    Hey awesome detective work! I wouldn't have guessed that the gun whale could have been a suspect except that I have a boat in at the moment with the same problem. He bashed into a solid marker and the impact popped the port side deck from the hull.... All hidden under the rubrail. I found the damage when I was removing the motor to install a hydraulic Jacking plate, once the motor was off the gap was more than visible, traced it and found the damage. Thanks again

  • @DM-jf3lg
    @DM-jf3lg 3 года назад +1

    Thanks for another great video. I have learned more from you than anyone else.

  • @DJSbm-28
    @DJSbm-28 3 года назад +2

    Ah my Tuesday video and I am smiling. Thanks for the information, my mako is not in trouble yet but good thing to know. I am so happy to have found your channel. You guys have save my butt many times over Arron. Keep it coming. Be safe 🌴👍😎

  • @johnslonsky3956
    @johnslonsky3956 3 года назад +1

    EXCELLENT video on some serious, but slightly odd problems. Thank you for the great info as always!

  • @Fireship1
    @Fireship1 3 года назад +1

    Nice troubleshooting! I replaced all plastic through hulls for deck drain and live well drains back in July. I don’t want mine to sink!

  • @jrtonka19
    @jrtonka19 3 года назад +4

    This guy doesn't just show you how to keep your boat running awesome he also gives you tips on keeping it a float!😁😁👍👍

  • @billwallenstein3387
    @billwallenstein3387 3 года назад +2

    I had an older Seacraft that leaked between the livewell (which was part of the inner liner) and the hull. The through hull castle nut was installed in the live well. The boat would only leak when under way. I only found out about this design flaw from another Seacraft owner. When under way the inner liner would move and the water would enter the bilge, you could fill up the bilge with a hose at the house and never find where all the water was coming from!

  • @yunusbuffins5729
    @yunusbuffins5729 3 года назад +6

    I had a major leak and it was hilarious. My raw water wash down hose came loose and it was pumping right into the hull. Oh man was that a fun day. I kept wondering why the bilge pump kept going off.

  • @thomasbauer1335
    @thomasbauer1335 2 года назад +1

    Thank you for your helpful videos.

  • @davidfrank2824
    @davidfrank2824 3 года назад +1

    Once again another great video. I never would have figured out how that water was getting in. I never knew that there is caulking underneath there. I look forward to next week's video.

    • @richardwilliams8691
      @richardwilliams8691 Год назад

      Play the video I have a water leak in my whole it fills up with water don't know where it's coming from the whole looks like in good shape please help me

  • @hawkie333
    @hawkie333 3 года назад +1

    Good video! I wonder if shooting a colored liquid or even sudsy material could help highlight movement of water

  • @johnq.public2621
    @johnq.public2621 3 года назад +8

    Fun Fact: If your boat has a water-maker on board, make damn sure it's off and fresh water isn't flowing out of the overfill port. I, uh, saw it on TV...........

  • @richielittlewood867
    @richielittlewood867 Год назад +1

    Good deduction steps in order to find the problems

  • @dannycabrera3179
    @dannycabrera3179 3 года назад +2

    Thank you for all your information on boating your RUclips channel is the best in boating on RUclips . 10 ⭐️.

  • @Ken-fisho
    @Ken-fisho 3 года назад +1

    Good vid Aaron... Will you do the repair if so would be great to see this in a vid 👍🇦🇺

  • @stuarthennessy8551
    @stuarthennessy8551 3 года назад +3

    You'll have to add the subscribe tool to the must haves in your toolbox😁 just ordered a set on Amazon

  • @kentkirkpatrick7953
    @kentkirkpatrick7953 3 года назад +5

    The amount of water I saw getting in I wouldn't think it would effect the ride the boat? I could see if was 10+ gallons but the belge wouldn't let that much build up I'd hope.

  • @mikeprince5459
    @mikeprince5459 3 года назад +3

    Happened to me on my Wellcraft once. Unscrewed the rub rail, separated the top cap with a screwdriver, caulked the gap (where there was one), and put the rub rail back on. Problem solved. Way easier with a helper.

  • @saliaccarino7140
    @saliaccarino7140 3 года назад +1

    Great video, again!

  • @mattcash5775
    @mattcash5775 3 года назад +6

    I don't know who Keith was, but I hope he did good work on his last job at Shelter Bay on 3/11/2020.

  • @tyrannyterminator4179
    @tyrannyterminator4179 3 года назад +6

    When you get that sinking feeling...

  • @ericdavi1231
    @ericdavi1231 3 года назад +8

    I put a little automatic bilge pump in my bracket. I gave up looking for the leak. I also watched your motor mounting height several times and decided to raise my motor one hole. Between that and keeping my bracket empty, the boat runs better!

  • @brandonleckie8548
    @brandonleckie8548 3 года назад +3

    Hope the stringers/ transom is still strong. Never fun having leaks

  • @veeco3110
    @veeco3110 3 года назад +1

    Best part of my Tuesday! Love the videos. Question time / maybe a future video. This boat has a obvious problem now with the way the engine was mounted. What’s the remedy for something like that now?

    • @BornAgainBoating
      @BornAgainBoating  3 года назад

      Thank you! Well, we'll unbolt it from the bracket and raise it up! Fortunately its set on the highest bolt holes, so we can raise it all the way up

  • @davidd8435
    @davidd8435 3 года назад +1

    Thanks sir for the content.

  • @bottomknockinbaja6092
    @bottomknockinbaja6092 3 года назад +1

    A buddy has a Baja 240 sport and a cracked rubber shift cable boot on his bravo drive was causing him to have some leaky leaky..took a while to find that

  • @OfficerDave78
    @OfficerDave78 3 года назад +1

    You were not nervous taking a leaking boat out away from the dock ? Great work on finding the leak. Ha I g the bilge that wet for that long did it cause any damage? My new boat gets rain and hose water in the bilge. Defiantly not any of the through hulls.

  • @CTRadventures
    @CTRadventures Месяц назад

    I just bought an older 88 ranger v393 bass boat. I get about a quart of water (I need to measure next time) after about 4 hours of fishing. I have checked the bottom of the boat on the trailer and patched any little nicks even if they didn't punch the fiberglsss. Used marine JB weld. Eventually I planned on redoing the live well system because even tho the cables work, the valves on the outside are functional, the inside is not because they fill the live wells were they are on fill or empty setting. I have ran the bilge on and off during use and nothing has come out even when I get the bow up at its highest point just before plane and nothing. But when I pull the plug at the end, there's a bunch of water, yes the bilge works 😊 next thing like you said, I need to take my extra battery out and the bilge cover plate and stick the boat in the water and see if the water is coming in from those live well fittings or inlet. I also filled the boat almost to the bottom of the batteries with water topside while in the trailer and leaned it up then down w the winch and didn't see any water drips. If it's not around the fittings I might have to take it to a local spring and snorkel under it and crawl around the bottom of the boat like spider man. I also noticed a heavy gasoline smell from the hull when I opened it up, so next weekend I have to see where I have a leak... I'm a noobie to all of this, so I guess it's true, boats are a money pit. I heard it said best: "man you must be rich." I was before I bought a boat! "So why don't you sell the boat and be rich again" because then I would be miserable

    • @CTRadventures
      @CTRadventures Месяц назад

      Fantastic video btw gave me a lot more ideas of where to look

  • @ppentertainment2351
    @ppentertainment2351 3 года назад +2

    Wow didn’t expect that.

  • @Cameron-ur2tk
    @Cameron-ur2tk 3 года назад +12

    Customer, "i think theres a leak"
    Born again Boating, "you have 3"

  • @FTS-FamilytoSea
    @FTS-FamilytoSea 11 месяцев назад

    Very helpful, we have a slow leak i found because our bilge kept going off every 10minutes 😮❤

  • @jmfut
    @jmfut 3 года назад +1

    Timing can't be any better for me. Thanks for posting this video!

    • @BornAgainBoating
      @BornAgainBoating  3 года назад

      Perfect!

    • @jmfut
      @jmfut 3 года назад

      @@BornAgainBoating any chance of info of what type of sealants or silicone to use would be very helpful. Dont want to use the wrong tool in oter words to repair my leak at my drain plug housing. So many different ones these days to choose from. Love all the videos!

  • @brendenjames3958
    @brendenjames3958 3 года назад +6

    Great educational video, keep up the great content
    From the BOS crew in Australia 🌏🏝🌅🛥

  • @Mike70359
    @Mike70359 3 года назад +1

    another fine informative video.

  • @UrbanFisherman
    @UrbanFisherman 3 года назад +2

    Great info

  • @hv9356
    @hv9356 3 года назад +1

    This is a great channel. The information and know how is amazing to see. Question: Where can I get the removable caps for my bracket????? I need them !!

    • @BornAgainBoating
      @BornAgainBoating  3 года назад

      Depends on what bracket you have. You just need to call the bracket manufacturer and order new ones ;)

    • @hv9356
      @hv9356 3 года назад

      @@BornAgainBoating Of course, common sense escapes me sometimes. Thanks again for a great channel.

  • @jglez4965
    @jglez4965 3 года назад +2

    Great video 👍

  • @andrewfyakim525
    @andrewfyakim525 3 года назад +2

    Hi BAB, great information; I have an Armstrong bracket, but I've never looked inside as I'm not sure if I should just leave 'well enough alone!.... I didn't know if there is some special way needed to reseal the access port? Thank you for all these great videos!

    • @BornAgainBoating
      @BornAgainBoating  3 года назад +2

      Thank you! Ive never heard you complain about the Parker ride once, so I'd leave well enough alone lol on those Armstrongs though, some of them unscrew like this one and others are screwed down and sealed with 4200 or elastomeric. Parkers are heavy though, so even if it was full of water, you probably wouldn't notice lol and yours is newer too, its these old boats from pre fourstroke days that have porpoising weight issues. Seeing they were all designed for light two strokes :)

    • @andrewfyakim525
      @andrewfyakim525 3 года назад

      @@BornAgainBoating Thank you once again!!

  • @kubaSWAT
    @kubaSWAT 3 года назад +1

    Its technictian tuesday! thanks ;)) keep posting

    • @BornAgainBoating
      @BornAgainBoating  3 года назад +1

      You got it!

    • @kubaSWAT
      @kubaSWAT 3 года назад

      @@BornAgainBoating Yea definitely Ive missed your 'Tech Tuesday' intro

  • @locoboy46
    @locoboy46 3 года назад +1

    Great content always

    • @BornAgainBoating
      @BornAgainBoating  3 года назад

      Appreciate your feedback man

    • @locoboy46
      @locoboy46 3 года назад

      @@BornAgainBoating you ever work on jetboats? specifically yamaha jet boats?

  • @jonnyboy513
    @jonnyboy513 3 года назад +1

    The ole water logged mako trick!

  • @DirtMcGert29054
    @DirtMcGert29054 3 года назад +2

    I’m gonna be down your way Friday , you gonna help me figure out my purposing ? Just put a bobs true tracker on but havnt ran it in the water yet

    • @DirtMcGert29054
      @DirtMcGert29054 3 года назад

      Well the motor sputtered trying to get on plane and is making some racket ?!?! But no molten Aluminium splatter on the plugs , I’ll pull it out and drop the lower unit see if the noise goes away , if not I guess it’s a bearing or wrist pin failure , an ideas ?

  • @firedude4080
    @firedude4080 2 года назад +1

    Should all of the through holes, drain lines, have shut off valves?

  • @makapa2u
    @makapa2u 3 года назад +1

    Ha Ha I subscribe and like your videos 😆 I’m a diesel technician and have several boats plus kayaks

  • @avalasky5653
    @avalasky5653 2 года назад +1

    when me and my dad were on the boat we were in a river and last time we went out we took someone’s fishing line and we went out last week and he said “what could happen this time” and when we left the beach the engine filled with water and we almost sunk

  • @Honda1k
    @Honda1k 3 года назад +1

    If it was my boat I would just fix the engine height probably wouldn't have to worry about rub rail gunnel leak.

  • @samlove933
    @samlove933 Год назад

    this is a mill plus sub channel keep it up

  • @seerex8398
    @seerex8398 3 года назад +1

    great video

  • @dustin9035
    @dustin9035 3 года назад +1

    I'm going to help that owner out and subscribe.
    Leak fixed!
    Now take me fishing!

  • @seanjmichel
    @seanjmichel 3 года назад +1

    That's a lot of weight hanging off a bracket for a 23 foot boat. He should have tabs.

  • @JoshSees
    @JoshSees 3 года назад +3

    Um who the hell is cutting their rub rails into the water. That may be a different problem

  • @curtis3653
    @curtis3653 3 года назад +1

    I have Bubble gum and duct tape in my boat tool bag 😆

  • @MrDanielmarlowe
    @MrDanielmarlowe 3 года назад +2

    Makes me glad my boat is a Boston Whaler!

    • @malanuts1732
      @malanuts1732 3 года назад +4

      until your foam gets waterlogged

    • @karelj.rodriguez3942
      @karelj.rodriguez3942 3 года назад

      Yes. They keep the water in the foam.

    • @MrDanielmarlowe
      @MrDanielmarlowe 3 года назад

      MALAnuts1 depends how you take care of them. I have a 1978 15 completely waterlogged when I purchased it I refoamed the whole boat. It still floated and got on plane when I got it no problem. My 1984 18 Outrage has always been well taken care of and has zero water in the foam all original except a reoower in 2003.

    • @MrDanielmarlowe
      @MrDanielmarlowe 3 года назад

      Karel J. Rodriguez and they still float completely waterlogged.

  • @robertraft
    @robertraft 3 года назад +1

    looks nice to not have to avoid a thousand lobster bouys.

  • @thomasbauer1335
    @thomasbauer1335 2 года назад +1

    There was water in your " bracket".

  • @DirtMcGert29054
    @DirtMcGert29054 3 года назад +2

    @2:40 is that a brass gate check valve from Home Depot meant for a house

    • @BornAgainBoating
      @BornAgainBoating  3 года назад

      I dont think so, but it might be lol I think its a groco marine valve though. Awesome on Friday! I'm swamped though so no boat rides for me :( we've gotta take a trip in 3 weeks so I've gotta make sure we've got the next few weeks of videos done and ready so you guys don't miss a week of TT :)

    • @DirtMcGert29054
      @DirtMcGert29054 3 года назад

      Born Again Boating I hear ya

    • @DirtMcGert29054
      @DirtMcGert29054 3 года назад

      Born Again Boating yea later in the video I saw a handle , got to love how they made the two different size/style hose to mate together

    • @DirtMcGert29054
      @DirtMcGert29054 3 года назад

      Why not just use a scupper ?

    • @DirtMcGert29054
      @DirtMcGert29054 3 года назад

      At 2:41 that top valve us a defiantly a gate check valve , not saying it won't work but for the price I think there would be a better solution , and the hose on it is over kill ..... unless it's the exhaust for a generator but I'm just an arm chair quarterback

  • @HeIIoSeattIe
    @HeIIoSeattIe 3 года назад +1

    I have water coming out of my PVC wiring pipes under my center console on my 1989 Grady White 20' sportfisher. The water drains from the wiring pipes into the center console and then onto the deck. The bilge is dry. Only happens when the boat is running and on plane...the water stops when I stop moving....must be building up from somewhere in the front of the boat and then when on plane it drains/continues to fill? it is a self draining boat deck. Boat also lists portside when this happens (same side of the center console that the PVC wiring pipe is on. with the bilge dry, I am at a loss!!!!

    • @HeIIoSeattIe
      @HeIIoSeattIe 3 года назад +1

      Also - Thank you for your videos!!! They have been so helpful as a new boat owner with a very old boat! From explicitly teaching me how to care for/fix specific boat issues to simply giving me the confidence to work on these things myself . THANK YOU

    • @BornAgainBoating
      @BornAgainBoating  3 года назад +1

      That's hard to say, if its coming from the t-top tubes and out onto the deck, thats probably rain water filling up in the top and then pours out when you plane out. Not sure if that's related to the listing issue :/ that'll take some investigation by someone, and thank you for the support and kind words!

  • @toxicnowayz1530
    @toxicnowayz1530 3 года назад +2

    That what happened to my dad old boat

  • @ESPPsycho
    @ESPPsycho 3 года назад +2

    Just in time lol

  • @josephvella3688
    @josephvella3688 3 года назад +1

    Born again where did u get that hat?

    • @BornAgainBoating
      @BornAgainBoating  3 года назад

      It was given to me from a friend :) this one is a Two Conchs hat from Jack Carlson

  • @wrzl1675
    @wrzl1675 3 года назад +1

    I know exactly how to fix this boat! Crush it and buy a new one 👍

  • @stimproid
    @stimproid 3 года назад +1

    broncos guru stole your drain plug.

  • @henrycole8705
    @henrycole8705 3 года назад +2

    Shes a sinker, get a aluminum boat! lol

  • @KnotNormalLiving-mt3ut
    @KnotNormalLiving-mt3ut 7 дней назад

    Sinking with water coming out of the ports, really?

  • @lustfulvengance
    @lustfulvengance 3 года назад +4

    I bet every bit of wood in that boat is rotted the F out!

  • @toddmarks581
    @toddmarks581 3 года назад +1

    That’s very little water

    • @BornAgainBoating
      @BornAgainBoating  3 года назад

      Yes, but after 2 hours and 40 miles, its no longer very little water ;) the bilge pump is just running constantly!

  • @HannahBoo-qo9ct
    @HannahBoo-qo9ct 3 года назад +1

    How u do that how how u get on that boat like omg I wood never get on a boat once I was on holiday and I wood never get on the boat what was there

  • @evelitalian
    @evelitalian 2 года назад +1

    You have to kill the music

  • @newtop420schannel8
    @newtop420schannel8 3 года назад +1

    Trust me I will never buy fiberglass boats. Do is best aluinm boats. Too many boats we have it that never sink.

  • @theiceageiscoming.5516
    @theiceageiscoming.5516 Год назад +1

    💪😎🇺🇲

  • @billquillin1952
    @billquillin1952 3 года назад +1

    LMAO

  • @t_c5266
    @t_c5266 3 года назад +2

    "massive leak"
    -tiny leak
    "the weight of all the water"
    -cuts to a cup of water in the bilge
    "good thing theres no water in here"
    -a gallon+ of water was in there
    "how to find a leak"
    -9 minute video telling you to just look for water leaking

  • @davidboose5803
    @davidboose5803 3 года назад +1

    Get rid of the crappy background music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @rubenhoekstra4637
    @rubenhoekstra4637 3 года назад +1

    First

  • @daleolson3506
    @daleolson3506 3 года назад +1

    Background music junked another video 👎🏻💩

  • @brudweger
    @brudweger 2 года назад +1

    That is some annoying-ass music