BON DIA
Member
- Oct 5, 2006
- 356
- Boat Info
- '05 340DA, C80 w/ 2KW Radar
- Engines
- 6.2s w/Vdrive
Four Suns wrote...time to high-jack a thread. My AC pans are all rusty... They make them in SS now?
Our '05 340 came from the factory with a painted AC condensation pan & within 6 months a stain from the shower sump & galley sink drain thru hull was visable. We run our AC 24/7 for at least 6 months a yr & flush lots of dirty dish water down the sink drain thus I never gave the hull stain much of a thought, assumed it was from the sink & cleaned the hull when needed. In retrospect our show sump was always rust colored too...dah.
In the Fall of '08 a detailer mentioned an '07 40DA he cleans weekly had a similar stain, upon investigation it was coming from a rusting AC pan & SR replaced with a SS pan under warranty. He suggested that I have my pan replaced also because it was only going to get worse. I contacted my dealer, they SR, SR agreed to supply a new SS pan & the dealer & I split the labor, $125 to me & now my shower sump & hull are clean.
Side note...I glued a piece of 1/2" clear plastic hose about 3/4" long into the AC cooling water exit thru hull to direct the stream farther away from the hull to minimize calcium buildup at the fitting.
Our '05 340 came from the factory with a painted AC condensation pan & within 6 months a stain from the shower sump & galley sink drain thru hull was visable. We run our AC 24/7 for at least 6 months a yr & flush lots of dirty dish water down the sink drain thus I never gave the hull stain much of a thought, assumed it was from the sink & cleaned the hull when needed. In retrospect our show sump was always rust colored too...dah.
In the Fall of '08 a detailer mentioned an '07 40DA he cleans weekly had a similar stain, upon investigation it was coming from a rusting AC pan & SR replaced with a SS pan under warranty. He suggested that I have my pan replaced also because it was only going to get worse. I contacted my dealer, they SR, SR agreed to supply a new SS pan & the dealer & I split the labor, $125 to me & now my shower sump & hull are clean.
Side note...I glued a piece of 1/2" clear plastic hose about 3/4" long into the AC cooling water exit thru hull to direct the stream farther away from the hull to minimize calcium buildup at the fitting.
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