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Old 12-02-2011, 08:56 AM
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Aren't the engine room and the bilge always connected? If not, then what happens to water that gets into the engine room? Anyway, the two are connected on my boat.

The duct to the blower in my engine room runs to the lowest point, just in front of the flywheel cover. There's also a second fresh air inlet duct that terminates on the other side of the motor and somewhat above the first duct.

I think this setup does a good job of evacuating fumes from around the engine and it probably gets most of them out of the bilge (it always passes the sniff test). The engine is the most likely source of ignition, and I don't worry about the bilge pump because it only comes on when it's underwater.
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