I have been left with the job of taking care of my girlfriend's Sea Ray, and know next to nothing about boats. Here's my story:
[See picture I posted below]
Battery died, boat had a foot of water in it. I bailed and charged the battery. Boat started fine, so I took it out for a while. No problems. When I docked, I looked in engine compartment and noticed what looks like a small motor on top of a whitish plastic tank in the back left of the engine compartment. The tank didn't have a cap on it, and it was filled with water. I found the cap lying next to the tank, but the tank had definitely been underwater when the bilge didn't run. I'm worried about what this part does and what I should do now (given that I've run the boat with water in a tank that should have had something else in it before boat flooded).
The motor looks to have two metal tubes coming out of it. The motor is a little bit bigger than a quart of milk. The tank is at the bottom of it and it's pretty small itself. The motor/pump/whatever it is, is on the left side towards the back of the engine compartment.
My thoughts:
This could be:
- bilge pump, but why the tank? And I don't see the bilge hose connect to it.
- oil pump? Then I'm screwed because the water ran through it, and engine would be toast by now. Fact that it still ran well makes me feel a little better.
- motor for trim. Hydraulic fluid should go in the tank, then?
No more ideas. I'm sure somebody knows what this is. Any help identifying and with what to do now would be greatly appreciated.
Boat is Sea Ray- don't even know the model. But it is about 19' and I think engine is 185 hp.
Thanks
[See picture I posted below]
Battery died, boat had a foot of water in it. I bailed and charged the battery. Boat started fine, so I took it out for a while. No problems. When I docked, I looked in engine compartment and noticed what looks like a small motor on top of a whitish plastic tank in the back left of the engine compartment. The tank didn't have a cap on it, and it was filled with water. I found the cap lying next to the tank, but the tank had definitely been underwater when the bilge didn't run. I'm worried about what this part does and what I should do now (given that I've run the boat with water in a tank that should have had something else in it before boat flooded).
The motor looks to have two metal tubes coming out of it. The motor is a little bit bigger than a quart of milk. The tank is at the bottom of it and it's pretty small itself. The motor/pump/whatever it is, is on the left side towards the back of the engine compartment.
My thoughts:
This could be:
- bilge pump, but why the tank? And I don't see the bilge hose connect to it.
- oil pump? Then I'm screwed because the water ran through it, and engine would be toast by now. Fact that it still ran well makes me feel a little better.
- motor for trim. Hydraulic fluid should go in the tank, then?
No more ideas. I'm sure somebody knows what this is. Any help identifying and with what to do now would be greatly appreciated.
Boat is Sea Ray- don't even know the model. But it is about 19' and I think engine is 185 hp.
Thanks