Stringer Drain Holes

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I have a Cruisers Express 2006 420 EX with inboards/shafts and I noticed in the engine compartment that there is a 1" drain hole under the aft stringer leading from the port prop pocket but there is not any for the starboard prop pocket. My question is do all areas of the engine compartment have to be able to drain to the area which has the bilge pump?
 
I'm not familiar with your boat, but I know that the compartments directly under my engines are isolated from the sections of the bilge that can be drained by the pumps. All of the other bilge areas have limber holes to drain to the lowest part of the bilge. I assumed this was because the engines will leak fluids that you don't want pumped overboard. Perhaps this was a design consideration in your case as well?
 
It's odd that ONE side would have the drain hole but the other did not. Sounds like an oversight to me.

There SHOULD be some way of containing engine fluids so they don't get into the bilge water.
 
Have you checked to see that it is there but clogged with "bilge gunk"?
 
There is no hole, looks like it was missed during manufacturing. I have asked Cruisers but they will not acknowledge it even thought the boat is still under warranty.
 
Have you talked to other owners of that year and model?
 
The real question is, why is there a limber hole on the one side? The space under the engines shold not drain to the main bilge for the reasons provide above----don't want oil and anti-freeze and trany fluid being drained by the bilge pump. Sounds like you have a limber hole where there shouldn't be one.
 
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Originally posted by Gregory S

The real question is, why is there a limber hole on the one side? The space under the engines shold not drain to the main bilge for the reasons provide above----don't want oil and anti-freeze and trany fluid being drained by the bilge pump. Sounds like you have a limber hole where there shouldn't be one.

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Interesting POV. If your assumption is correct, he is shy a couple of bilge pumps.

Either way, something is not right.
 
Interesting observation. My Pursuit has them on both sides. I suspect an oversight.

Separately, if you own a single there is no place else for engine fluids to go than the bilge.
 
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