Wet Floors/Water Leak. Need help Please.

[Gulfster]

Hi all, I have a 1999 Epic X22 and am having an ongoing leak problem. The back floors, mainly starbord side, are constantly wet.  I keep the boat moored and am wondering where the water is coming from.  Last year I had the shaft packing replaced with a dripless system so it should not be coming from there.  There is a tiny (grain of rice size) hole in the back hull, starboard side, above the swim step.  Is this the leak?  Or am I missing something.

PS.  Last year the auto-switch on the bilge failed so I put in a new bilge pump.  Even though I have a dripless shaft packing I am still getting water in the hull. 

Also, before I put it in the water this year I put about 28 gallons of water into the hull and nothing came out the bottom. I did NOT fill it up enough to reach the pin-hole.

Thanks for your advice in advance.

Best, Gulfster. 

[brad]

I had a similar problem, wet in front and back not knowing where it was coming from.  Finally determined it was the tow rings (hadn't been sealed).  They were bolted on but no silicone sealant.

[Gulfster]

Thanks.  That makes sense. 

[masonlk]

 Wet floor(carpet) or in the bilge? Do you have a shower?

[skibeau]

Check the pitot tube in the rear storage area.  Some water might hold in the small metal expansion tube, freeze and crack the metal.

See Cyclone's post on 8/22/03 here: http://www.epicmarine.com/forum4/index.php?topic=82.msg486#msg486

[Gulfster]

The water is on the floor, not in the bilge.  It is clearly coming from the passenger-side rear.  That corner in the trunk is very wet and the water is seeping forward on the carpet-just on that side.  It is near where the fat sack pump-out pump is located.   I took the fat sack out last year and the hose is just dangling.   Could it be coming in through the waste port where the water gets pumped out?   I keep the boat moored and the lake gets quite rough.  Thanks. 

[skibeau]

Please see the attached Microsoft document depicting the metal tubes I'm trying to describe in the trunk area. I called it the rear storage area for lack of the word 'trunk'.

As you may already know, pitot tubes connect from the pickup venturi to the small metal expansion cylinder and finally the small metal expansion cylinder to the MMDC under the dash.  The pitot tubes transfer air pressure created from the boat moving across the water (via the venturi) to the MMDC where the air pressure is converted into velocity and displayed on the speed-o-meter.

This is simply a guess to consider.  Cyclone put some JB weld on the small metal expansion cylinder and got it to quit leaking for a few years.  See the following links, pictures, etc.

http://www.epicmarine.com/speedo.html
http://www.epicmarine.com/forum4/index.php?topic=1496.msg12879#msg12879

[Spin]

I had a similar "wet spot" on the same boat.
Mine was in operation. Determined it to be a crack in the oil cooler.
They are brass and very easy to get cracked, can't notice without engine running at higher RPM while in the water (creating pressure in the line).
Replaced the cooler and she is dry.

Being wet while moored only? not sure if this would apply.

[ktdust]

Do you have a shower that may be on? Is the valve for the ballast by the battery closed?

[Capt Rick]

Inspect the drain and overflow hose going to the side of the boat sometines the thru hull will break so the water goes on the floor

[cyclone]

Lol, i was going to say check those infernal brass tubes, they are up high and forward enough that they get the whole back of the boat wet. Get PP, plug up those tubes . Keep that water out of your MDU or whatever TLA it is:)

Also check swim platform mounts;)

[formerathlete]

Just joined here.  Owned an X22 since 2000.  We had the same problem.  It was the speedometer pickups in the back on the hull near the exhaust ports.  Toyota never sealed the holes where the pickup tubes enter the boat.  Sealed them up and no more leak!  Check there and you might find your problem.