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Riviera bilge question
- SunsetSteve
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Riviera bilge question
- km1125
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Re: Riviera bilge question
You normally shouldn't have any water up there but (IMO) I think you should always have an emergency bilge pump in those areas anyways.
- bud37
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Re: Riviera bilge question
SunsetSteve wrote:Source of the post Riviera 2807: I can't seem to drain the water from the fwd bilge (under the dining table in the fwd cabin). Is it supposed to flow into the bilge btn the engines - where there is a pump? There are only 2 pump switches at the helm.
Have a look under there with a mirror and flashlight....it may just be the hole that allows water movement fore and aft, if there is one, is plugged with debris from all the years. At least that way you will know for sure.
Hopefully someone with a Riv will chime in..
- Petemait
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Re: Riviera bilge question
Underneath the dining table, in the little hatch, is where you should have your forward bilge pump. It actually seems this is where most of your water will collect. You should definitely install one there as there originally was one there.
Underneath your stairs(if you have a port for access) there is a hole that connects through to the engine area. This could be clogged as bud said, but again, i think the boat pitches just slightly forward. In my riviera, sometimes the stern bilge is bone dry but there is some water up in the area you are talking about.
My forward bilge pump, pumps overboard to the port side. see if you have a through-hull that is plugged that you could run it to.
Let me know if you have any more questions.
p.s., the mid ship bilge pump i have does not connect to a switch, it is an automatic pump only connected right to the battery with an internal float.
Best,
1983 Riviera 2807
Boston, MA
- SunsetSteve
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Re: Riviera bilge question
- Petemait
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Re: Riviera bilge question
Mine is located right under the little hatch under the table. Maybe there is already some wiring in there?
I redid the wiring on mine last year. I ran the wires under the countertops and under the starboard side of the v berth then back to the pump from forward.
1983 Riviera 2807
Boston, MA
- SunsetSteve
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Re: Riviera bilge question
The mid bilge pump works when I lift the float lever.
NO pump sound when i switch the helm fwd bilge pump switch to cont.
The water up front may have come from the water tanks draining as they are doing. Problem 2
- SunsetSteve
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Re: Riviera bilge question
- SunsetSteve
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Re: Riviera bilge question
I can't see a latch.
- SunsetSteve
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Re: Riviera bilge question
Now that the bulges are dry I can begin the search for the water system leak. A daunting task.
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