Exhaust/Header Questions...

[rioracr]

remember to lift your cover after fueling and sitting awhile just to get the gases out of the compartment.........

[spike morelli]

You guys, ( well, a few of you anyway ), seem to be concerned with "not enough air' getting to the engine with the cover down, and just now, about opening the cover to vent "gasses". I could be mistake here, but, isn't it a regulation that the manufacturer equip boats with engine covers, with ventilation, usually a scoop facing forward on one gunwale and one facing backwards on another gunwale? Isn't it some sort of regulation that boats built with covered engine compartments be equipped with a bilge "blower", that you run for a minute prior to starting the engine to clear any unwanted gasses from the bilge?( the "blower" switch on the instrument panel). If so, discussion of "no air", or "bad gasses", is likely moot I'd think.

[Bobby V]

You guys, ( well, a few of you anyway ), seem to be concerned with "not enough air' getting to the engine with the cover down, and just now, about opening the cover to vent "gasses". I could be mistake here, but, isn't it a regulation that the manufacturer equip boats with engine covers, with ventilation, usually a scoop facing forward on one gunwale and one facing backwards on another gunwale? Isn't it some sort of regulation that boats built with covered engine compartments be equipped with a bilge "blower", that you run for a minute prior to starting the engine to clear any unwanted gasses from the bilge?( the "blower" switch on the instrument panel). If so, discussion of "no air", or "bad gasses", is likely moot I'd think.

My boat has a bilge blower. But I usually lift the hatch if it has been sitting for a while when I'm on the lake. Doesn't hurt to do this just to make sure all the fumes are all gone.