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Engine bilge drain to keel drain clog. Help!

Posted By: Rick Powers
Date: 4/9/08 8:22p.m.

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Hi friend,
I have a 1976 Cat 27 with an inboard Atomic 4 gas engine.
Opening the engine compartment hatch, there is a "V" bottom tiny bilge area that receives water and leaky oil from the engine.
That engine bilge has a small 1/4" drain hole that goes to the main keel bilge.
Here is the problem:
That drain hole is clogged and I can't figure out how to clear the obstruction.
I have tried a coat-hanger, electrical wire, but I can't figure out the route of the tubing, which seems not to be a straight line.
Can somebody tell me how that drain tube runs?
Thanks!
-Rick Powers, Palo Alto, CA

Messages In This Thread

Engine bilge drain to keel drain clog. Help! -- Rick Powers -- 4/9/08 8:22p.m.

Engine to Bilge Drain Tube -- Billy -- 4/9/08 9:19p.m.

Engine bilge drain -- Frank, 1974 C27 Simone, San Diego -- 4/10/08 12:51a.m.

oil absorbing pads -- Craig Cook, C27 Blue Moon -- 4/10/08 9:06a.m.

Engine bilge drain -- Keith Branton -- 4/10/08 11:03a.m.

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