2009 B37 shower bilge pump

Vegas

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Feb 12, 2009
137
Beneteau 37 JBM, St. Clair Shores, MI
Mine spits water up an inch or two, like a fountain, when I run it. Although it does pump away the water, it never completely drains so it is usually wet around the stainless steel opening to the floor drain.

Is that normal?
 

Vegas

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Feb 12, 2009
137
Beneteau 37 JBM, St. Clair Shores, MI
I don't see a filter anywhere on the line....however, on my previous boat, a 38s5, it had SHURflow twist-on water strainers on the shower bilges, just before the hoses enter the bilge pump.
 
Nov 8, 2010
11,386
Beneteau First 36.7 & 260 Minneapolis MN & Bayfield WI
I don't see a filter anywhere on the line....however, on my previous boat, a 38s5, it had SHURflow twist-on water strainers on the shower bilges, just before the hoses enter the bilge pump.
Sorry you're correct; better described as a strainer. When ours gets gooped up with the normal shower goo nothing works right.
 

DougM

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Jul 24, 2005
2,242
Beneteau 323 Manistee, MI
the Shurflow pump has a small strainer/filter at the pump intake. It a twist off with a small screen inside. Fairly easy to clog. You may want to check it.
 
Jun 27, 2014
117
Jeanneau Moorings International 50 Everett
No pump should spit water out of the intake. A diaphragm pump will if the intake valve seal is bad. and a centrifugal pump may on shutoff if the outflow line is restricted. Dismantle, inspect, clean, and replace failed parts in the pump, or just replace it.