Theresamarie11
New Member
I thought I'd publish this in a general area as so many folks seem to have this issue (different size boats) from what I read in the forums.
My Sea Ray is a 2000 260, with grey water processing (Grey water goes to holding tank). I was seeing a wet floor in front of my step (very slight) and didn't understand what was going on. And upon reading several threads here (thanks) I found that there is a sump pump below the step and that there's a trash can above it (also something I didn't know until I read it here) :grin: In any case, the root of my issues seems to have been 2 fold.
1) Totally clogged tank vent filter.
2) Gummed up sump box/float/filter.
I figured out the tank filter because I heard a pump sound after running the sink water for a long time, that would not shut off when when I turned all power off, and at the time did not know about the sump. So I went around poking at things and the only thing that would stop this pump sound is opening the waste pump out cap and then I'd hear a whoosh of air (pressurized). In any case, after this pressure was let off the pump sound would shut off a few seconds later.
So my take is that the pump was pumping but could not pump into a pressurized holding tank (with no vent) and since water can exit the sump through the wire access points which are above the point it would normally be pumped out at. Result, you get water in this area.
When I took off the filter and checked it, I could not push air through it at all (100% plugged). I then sawed it apart and found the tank end of the filter had the foam encrusted with some kind of mold/mildew yuck that was totally solid (like a puck). The filter contents were also wet. Temporarilly, I removed the innards, cleaned the foam and put it back in.
On the gummed up box, this was obvious once I opened it up. There was a pile of gunk covering the float and the inlet tube (perfurated tube). I assume made it turn on slower than it otherwise would because it's heavier I cleaned everything up, ran my sinks and low and behold, no more water coming out, and the pump ran and turned off when it should.
I will update this thread if anything new happens, but I suspect I've solved my mystery.
My Sea Ray is a 2000 260, with grey water processing (Grey water goes to holding tank). I was seeing a wet floor in front of my step (very slight) and didn't understand what was going on. And upon reading several threads here (thanks) I found that there is a sump pump below the step and that there's a trash can above it (also something I didn't know until I read it here) :grin: In any case, the root of my issues seems to have been 2 fold.
1) Totally clogged tank vent filter.
2) Gummed up sump box/float/filter.
I figured out the tank filter because I heard a pump sound after running the sink water for a long time, that would not shut off when when I turned all power off, and at the time did not know about the sump. So I went around poking at things and the only thing that would stop this pump sound is opening the waste pump out cap and then I'd hear a whoosh of air (pressurized). In any case, after this pressure was let off the pump sound would shut off a few seconds later.
So my take is that the pump was pumping but could not pump into a pressurized holding tank (with no vent) and since water can exit the sump through the wire access points which are above the point it would normally be pumped out at. Result, you get water in this area.
When I took off the filter and checked it, I could not push air through it at all (100% plugged). I then sawed it apart and found the tank end of the filter had the foam encrusted with some kind of mold/mildew yuck that was totally solid (like a puck). The filter contents were also wet. Temporarilly, I removed the innards, cleaned the foam and put it back in.
On the gummed up box, this was obvious once I opened it up. There was a pile of gunk covering the float and the inlet tube (perfurated tube). I assume made it turn on slower than it otherwise would because it's heavier I cleaned everything up, ran my sinks and low and behold, no more water coming out, and the pump ran and turned off when it should.
I will update this thread if anything new happens, but I suspect I've solved my mystery.
