There have been several topics recently about engines with water intrusion and there is a discussion about water in the boat and bilge pumps. This has me seriously wondering how safe my own A4 is, specifically my cooling system. I'm wondering now why I haven't flooded out my A4 or sunk my boat yet.
There is not an anti-siphon loop/valve in my cooling system. Water comes in through the seacock, into a rubber hose, rises to the top of the engine compartment, the T-fitting for engine flushing and anti-freeze, then drops down to the water pump, through the engine cooling system and out the wet exhaust. The entire cooling system is below the water line except for those couple inches at the top of the engine compartment where the T-fitting is.
Are those couple inches the only thing that's kept the water out of my boat all these years?
There is not an anti-siphon loop/valve in my cooling system. Water comes in through the seacock, into a rubber hose, rises to the top of the engine compartment, the T-fitting for engine flushing and anti-freeze, then drops down to the water pump, through the engine cooling system and out the wet exhaust. The entire cooling system is below the water line except for those couple inches at the top of the engine compartment where the T-fitting is.
Are those couple inches the only thing that's kept the water out of my boat all these years?
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