Aqua Lift Muffler water leak

tym2

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May 15, 2022
14
Catalina 30 San Diego
I have found water pooling by the port aft corner of my aqua lift muffler. The water is not coming from the raw water strainer. The photos attached show a crack at the port forward corner of the muffler. This crack is where I believe the water to be coming from, but it doesn't look to be cracked on the muffler itself instead it looks to be below the muffler. The water runs aft and pools on the other corner showed in the picture. Please let me know if you have had similar problems or have any solutions. The pool of water usually gets big enough and drains into the build but I dried up most of it in the photos.
 

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RoyS

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Jun 3, 2012
1,742
Hunter 33 Steamboat Wharf, Hull, MA
Water may not be coming from the muffler. Check your rudder packing which is nearby.
 
Jul 6, 2013
221
Catalina 30TR, Atomic 4 2480 Milwaukee
If it looks like a duck….
The most obvious thing is that the bottom of the muffler or the seam joining the bottom to the housing has a crack. The only advice I have is to pull it out and see what you’ve got going on underneath.
It’s all fiberglass, so it should be easy to patch.