Engine pan drains? 1990 335

[ingeanous]

Are there any? Resurrecting our old new to us boat sucking up money on the hard to make seaworthy again has many holes drilled and chipped/carved in under the prop shaft and leaky engine water pump to whisk away the water to voids undiscovered. Thinking this may have contributed to the soft spot discovered in the hull under near aforementioned region. Did the PO make all these or just enlarge ones that were already there as stock? Seems that prop shafts always leak a little and this is part of the engine pan, but all the holes look DIY... I've done the due diligence with Google searches and and come up empty!.... Are there ANY original stock drain holes in the pan?!?

 

[Ken13559]

I think engine pan normally don't have drain hole as it is meant to contain oil leaks.

 

[nveater]

In my 335 (1994), there are I believe limber holes to allow water(drips) from the prop shaft seal to run into the engine pan- however the engine pan is otherwise contained so that oil etc does not get into the bilge

 

[ingeanous]

So is there a drain just for the prop shaft? Confused.... since it is all the same pan.

 

[nveater]

As I remember, the pan is u shaped with the bottom part of the U forward at the end of the engine. The pan is sloped slightly again running forward so that any drips from the prop shaft would run into the pan- however under normal circumstances you should only have very minor ie couple of drops from your shaft when running. If I am not answering your question, I perhaps am not understanding correctly