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Originally Posted by mjcayman
Changing my fuel filters yesterday I noticed a thru hull leading to the stuffing box. It appears closed. Boat is new to me (Beneteau 400). It looks a little rough so im scared to open but have put like 20 motoring hours on this as is. I assume it should be open...anyone familiar?
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That valve should be open especially while motoring. Assuming that you have the
Volvo original
shaft seal, the hose from the thru
hull is supposed to continuously provide
cooling water to the cutless bearing when the vessel is moving forward.
A word of advise. That hose enters the shaft log with a nipple epoxied to the
fiberglass log and that nipple could easily snap off as mine did luckily while
on the hard. Good Luck.
Lee
S/V Calaloo B381