Water Pressure Guage

[skeeterfisher]

First winter with Bass boat/outboard. Water pressure guage worked last fall, now it doesnt. Did it freeze and bust? Advice please.

[fishinwrench]

If it is hard line with a compression coupler on the engine side then I doubt that the line froze and burst. Probably a leaking coupler, bad guage, or the line is clogged with scale. (Mentioned in order of the most likely). Assuming of course that the water pump is ok.

[skeeterfisher]

Tks for input, fishinwrench. Should have mentioned that motor is not even a year old, however, boat although not used when i purchased was an 08, sitting on a lot for 3 years...who knows. Motor is circulating water so pump probly ok..Tks for any additional input.

[dave potts]

Might also check to see if it is still coupled onto the guage itself. Mine use to slip off over the winter for some reason and I would have to crawl under the dash with a flashlight and stick the tube back onto the back of the guage.

Dave

[gdh]

i have a ranger and if you do use it in the winter which i do it will freeze and break the gauge. yep it happen to me i learned the hard way.

[skeeterfisher]

Thanks Dave, will check out. Ranger owner....what do you do to prevent?

[fishinwrench]

Separate the coupler and using a syringe fill the line from the engine coupler to the guage with RV anti-freeze. It won't get sucked out and will prevent freezing all Winter while still allowing the guage to work in cold weather.

[skeeterfisher]

Very neat, thank you

[gdh]

i have a simple solution that works great thanks to fred over at ulrich .i have a inline coupling under the dash in the winter just pull the line off and plug the line. yes the gauge does not work in the winter. or i can use it and just pull the line apart at the end of the day to drain the line. hope that helps.

[skeeterfisher]

Sounds like another great idea, tks to everyone for advice