Help!!! Water Over Floor in Bilge

[Creeklife]

Welcome home from work!!!! I have a 91' Prostar 190 and this past Saturday, I went down to my dock to go for an afternoon ride. My bilge was running and my battery didn't have enough juice left to crank the engine. I disconnected the battery, took it up to the house and put it on the charger. After inspecting bilge. There wasn't a lot of water in the bilge so I didn't think much of it. I then covered the boat as it was getting dark about that time. It rained on Sunday so I wasn't able to reconnect battery. When I got home from work Monday, I went straight down to the dock to hook up the battery and saw that my platform was ridding a little low. I pulled off the cover and about lost it. My boat had water standing just past the bilge level ( or a little over ) the floor. I grad my brother and we took the seat, motor box and floor panel out and bailed out the water. I noticed that my flow master exhaust had been pierced by a screw in the floor panel nad was pouring water into the boat. We quickley pulled it to the neighbors and pulled the boat out of the water. I need to do some damage control. I know my starter was submerged. The tranny didn't look like it had water in the fluid, but I'd almost bet some had to get in. Any suggestions on what I can do to limit the amount of damage? I'm trying to limit the amount of things I'm going to have to replace.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Cloaked]

Welcome home from work!!!! I have a 91' Prostar 190 and this past Saturday, I went down to my dock to go for an afternoon ride. My bilge was running and my battery didn't have enough juice left to crank the engine. I disconnected the battery, took it up to the house and put it on the charger. After inspecting bilge. There wasn't a lot of water in the bilge so I didn't think much of it. I then covered the boat as it was getting dark about that time. It rained on Sunday so I wasn't able to reconnect battery. When I got home from work Monday, I went straight down to the dock to hook up the battery and saw that my platform was ridding a little low. I pulled off the cover and about lost it. My boat had water standing just past the bilge level ( or a little over ) the floor. I grad my brother and we took the seat, motor box and floor panel out and bailed out the water. I noticed that my flow master exhaust had been pierced by a screw in the floor panel nad was pouring water into the boat. We quickley pulled it to the neighbors and pulled the boat out of the water. I need to do some damage control. I know my starter was submerged. The tranny didn't look like it had water in the fluid, but I'd almost bet some had to get in. Any suggestions on what I can do to limit the amount of damage? I'm trying to limit the amount of things I'm going to have to replace.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.Drain it and let it dry out. Put the battery back in, fix the hole, crank it, and idle it for a few. It should be OK if you are fairly certain there is no water in the tranny. If so, pump it out and put in new fluid. I've had water up over the floors on these machines. They are fairly tough.

Water shouldn't have gotten in the tranny if the filler stick was pushed in tight.

Right now other than the screw hole, there's no need to replace anything. If the starter is dead, replace it or rebuild it but I have had water all up over a starter and they operate under most conditions. Just my experiences. Your mileage may vary. The carpet will dry. No big deal.

[JimN]

Welcome home from work!!!! I have a 91' Prostar 190 and this past Saturday, I went down to my dock to go for an afternoon ride. My bilge was running and my battery didn't have enough juice left to crank the engine. I disconnected the battery, took it up to the house and put it on the charger. After inspecting bilge. There wasn't a lot of water in the bilge so I didn't think much of it. I then covered the boat as it was getting dark about that time. It rained on Sunday so I wasn't able to reconnect battery. When I got home from work Monday, I went straight down to the dock to hook up the battery and saw that my platform was ridding a little low. I pulled off the cover and about lost it. My boat had water standing just past the bilge level ( or a little over ) the floor. I grad my brother and we took the seat, motor box and floor panel out and bailed out the water. I noticed that my flow master exhaust had been pierced by a screw in the floor panel nad was pouring water into the boat. We quickley pulled it to the neighbors and pulled the boat out of the water. I need to do some damage control. I know my starter was submerged. The tranny didn't look like it had water in the fluid, but I'd almost bet some had to get in. Any suggestions on what I can do to limit the amount of damage? I'm trying to limit the amount of things I'm going to have to replace.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

If the starter drowned, stick a fork in it. It won't fail immediately but it will fail and usually, at the worst possible time. Have it rebuilt. It's not rocket surgery and you should be able to find a shop pretty easily. If not, call a speed shop- they always know where to have things rebuilt.

[JohnE]

It isn't brain science either.:D

[ski/hunt]

Not any help but wondering how screw went thru muffler? Did it wear thru or had someone pulled the floor up and replaced screw wrong? I like to know things so I can prevent or help someone in future from knowledge gained. Going to check my mufflers to see if anything could pierce a hole in one.

[Creeklife]

The bolts that hold the hinge on the motor box and floor are long (Too Long). They were like that when I bought the boat. It appears the previous owner had either installed new hindges or replaced with longer screws to repair a loose motor box. Someone must have jumped into the boat and the floor gave just enough to put two perfectly round holes in the top of the fiberglass of the flowmaster exhaust. It looks like a snake bite. I thought they had more clearance than that......

[Sodar]

SilentMaster.... not FlowMaster! :)

[Creeklife]

Sorry! SilentMaster

[ski/hunt]

I have a 205 and took floor out to get to shaft-log and motor box out to replace manifolds, I can see how that could happen with wrong screws... Thanks for explaining I'll be checking clearance when putting back!!
Hope all dry's out ok!

[JimN]

It isn't brain science either.:D

It is when someone has drain bamage.

[erkoehler]

Key is just to get it dry. Starter is going to fail at some point.

[oldairboater]

Starter doesn't have to fail unless this is saltwater. Take it off and dry it out. Regrease the bushings and reinstall.

[Creeklife]

Thanks to all your help, the boat is running just fine. I put a fan in the boat all night to dry out all the electrical components and the starter. I replaced the battery the next day and cranked her up. I checked the tranny fluid and it appeared to have no water, but I syphoned out the tranny fluid and replaced anyways. I still have to patch the SilentMaster muffler. I'll keep the thread updated with ay changes. Thanks for the advice......

[TallRedRider]

If the starter drowned, stick a fork in it. It won't fail immediately but it will fail and usually, at the worst possible time. Have it rebuilt. It's not rocket surgery and you should be able to find a shop pretty easily. If not, call a speed shop- they always know where to have things rebuilt.

Agreed. Been there, done that. Luckily for me it started to click a few times and then would turn over. never got stranded but got progressively worse over time.

[Kingsley X-1]

Creeklife...are you on black creek? if so where at. i am up that way all the time.