First, I am a new first time Nitro owner. Yeah I think? I purchased an 06' 911 CDC with a 225 Optimax. I put it in the water for the first time yesterday. I think I am going to like the boat after I get it dialed in to my area. I found some problems like you do anytime you have a boat. (If little things bother you, you don't need to own a boat!) I have prop questions but I will address that in another blog. First things first.
I have some questions about the livewell system. The front livewell does not fill up with water. I read that it fills up by gravity flow and that this front livewell is set low at outside water level. There is not a plug (I have read that there is supposed to be a plug that fits into the drain hole at the back of the livewell). So, it should fill up when I put the boat in the water, but it is dry. There is no plug on the outside of the boat at the back of transom either that would accomplish the same thing.
When I pour water into the livewell it gradually drains out but does not drain out the back of the boat through any of the drain plugs. I assume it is draining into the hull. So I assume the line is capped or broken somewhere under the gas tank where there is a trap door just below the battery. Any advise on this? By the way, the bilge pump did pump water out on occassion while I was in the water. I figured it was either an aerator pump that has froze and burst (I had that problem before on another boat) or loose hose connection somewhere.
Also on the two back livewells on both of them there are two aerator valves. One is black and pointed and shots water straight down. The other is white and almost flush with the side and top. It simply shoots water (in a heavy stream) straight across the top of the livewell. My question, Is that one valve suppose to shoot a solid stream going across or is there another fitting that is suppose to direct the water downwards???
Anyone have a link to an owners manual for this boat?
I have some questions about the livewell system. The front livewell does not fill up with water. I read that it fills up by gravity flow and that this front livewell is set low at outside water level. There is not a plug (I have read that there is supposed to be a plug that fits into the drain hole at the back of the livewell). So, it should fill up when I put the boat in the water, but it is dry. There is no plug on the outside of the boat at the back of transom either that would accomplish the same thing.
When I pour water into the livewell it gradually drains out but does not drain out the back of the boat through any of the drain plugs. I assume it is draining into the hull. So I assume the line is capped or broken somewhere under the gas tank where there is a trap door just below the battery. Any advise on this? By the way, the bilge pump did pump water out on occassion while I was in the water. I figured it was either an aerator pump that has froze and burst (I had that problem before on another boat) or loose hose connection somewhere.
Also on the two back livewells on both of them there are two aerator valves. One is black and pointed and shots water straight down. The other is white and almost flush with the side and top. It simply shoots water (in a heavy stream) straight across the top of the livewell. My question, Is that one valve suppose to shoot a solid stream going across or is there another fitting that is suppose to direct the water downwards???
Anyone have a link to an owners manual for this boat?
