Transom shower issue

Slimcobra

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Aug 14, 2017
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Gulf Breeze, FL
Boat Info
2000 Sea Ray 210 SunDeck
Engines
Mercruiser 5.0 w/ Alpha 1 Gen 2
I have a 2000 210 Sundeck and I have an odd thing going on. The fresh water at the sink works great but the transom shower is not working. Anyone ever experience anything like this? I'm thinking at good starting point would be to take the hose off the pump and hook up a garden hose to it and see if I get water out of it. Ideas, suggestions?
 
How long have you had the boat and has it worked in the past?

Is the transom shower fresh water or raw water?

When I was replacing mine I found where some transom showers were run from a separate pump and some are fed from raw water vs fresh.

Is there a switch on the dash or near the transom to turn on a pump?
 
Could be gunk in the line somewhere. The faucet in our head slows down at times. I keep a small adjustable wrench in the medicine cabinate so I can remove the airater screen and get rid of the small mineral crystals that get trapped. With a shower head, soaking it in vinegar does a good job of dissolving crude in the lines and in the head itself.
 
I have had the boat for going on 3 weeks and it hasn't work since I bought it. It uses the same fresh water and water pump as the sink. I think I'll try sbw1's advice and poor some vinegar down the line and try it again in a few days.
 
No need to hook up a garden hose. Unscrew the head - does water now come out of the hose? If so, issue is with the head (the most common culprit) - disassemble, clean, etc. IF still no water, then issue is upstream and you can tackle it that way - issue must be between where the sink/sprayer T-off and the sprayer.
 
+1 on checking the sprayer head first. I disassemble mine every spring, soak in some clr, and use Emory cloth on the metal bits. A good shot of some silicone spray also helps. We have some pretty hard water to the dock & it gums up pretty quickly.
 
So I took the nozzle off and it looks like the hose has some corrosion in it. I'm not sure if I should try taking it off and replacing it, or of just soaking it in something would break it loose. Might go the easy route tonight and if that doesn't work then maybe I'll just replace the entire hose. I did look at what it would take to replace the hose and it looks like it's gonna be a real p.i.t.a.!
 
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So I took the nozzle off and it looks like the hose has some corrosion in it. I'm not sure if I should try taking it off and replacing it, or of just soaking it in something would break it loose. Might go the easy route tonight and if that doesn't work then maybe I'll just replace the entire hose. I did look at what it would take to replace the hose and it looks like it's gonna be a real p.i.n.t.a.!

Did water come out of the hose once the head was removed?

There shouldn't be an corrosion inside the hose - it's not metal. There could be mineral buildup, but not corrosion. Maybe you can be more specific?

And as far as accessibility goes... welcome to world of boat mechanics! :)
 
No water came out. Inside the hose I saw greenish-white substance blocking the hose. I'm guessing calcium? I was thinking of soaking it in apple cider vinegar before trying to do anything else with it.
 
No water came out. Inside the hose I saw greenish-white substance blocking the hose.I'm guessing calcium. I was thinking of soaking it in
 
OK, that makes more sense. Soaking could work - but before doing that, squeeze/bend the hose to try and break that stuff up. Hopefully the stuff is just there at the end, but maybe you play with the hose a bit and try to feel/listen to see if it's further in. If it's blocked up real well, just drizzling some CLR or vinegar probably won't do much. You'll need to remove it and maybe submerge the whole thing... maybe try compressed air, etc, etc. Removing it at the "T" will also tell you how far the crap goes.

EDIT: Forgot to mention... if it's clogged up inside the hose, the head may be clogged up as well - might want to check into all this before spending too much time on it.
 
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