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What can go wrong---- will. In checking my automatic
bilge pump I thought to blow through the line, oddly enough from the outside
(she being on the hard at the moment) and found to my surprise that I <U>could </U>
blow through it and obviously water could flow also. Upon investigating
I found a lump of bilge crud (unidentifiable but looked like mud) was lodged
inside the check valve keeping it open and therefore worthless. It
was easy enough to clear it. Fortunately the valve was far enough from
the thru-hull to be reachable.
<BR> Probably one of the things one should check when
hauled out.
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Gordon White A-275</HTML>