water leaking into belly of boat

[Dave210TE]

Hi. I have noticed that when i am out on the water in the gap between belly ballast and the fuel tank where the front bilge pump is located there is a lot of water. I have noticed that if i empty the belly ballast that after a we while it will be filling up with water again and i haven't switched the pump on. Can anyone tell me what the problem could be. I thought at the start it was the gland packing on the rudder and prop shaft but it isn't that.

[WakeSlayer]

What year is your boat?
My friends 211 had a cracked stem on one of his ballast tank intakes. Always leaked into the boat til he ripped it out and replaced it right. You are sure it isn't your shaft packing ? I do believe some of the flow-wrong valves leaked also, but I could be wrong there.

[Latonkaboarder]

Could be as wakeslayer stated. I had the same thing happen on my 08 210. I just used epoxy to fix mine. Dealer said it is a big job to switch out the tank so I decided to make the repair myself.

[NautiqueJeff]

You probably need to have the impellers in your ballast pumps replaced to stop them from filling by themselves. That was a common problem in 2006. Someone will chime in with the correct color for the impellers.

[WakeSlayer]

Did 2006 boats have Jabsco's? I thought that started in 2007.

[AuMDLST]

2006 Jabsco

They started using the new pumps in 2006 ( at least in the SANTE I purchased).
I think the new impeller color is green not sure as they have been changed a
couple of times. Belly still fills slowly.

[WakeSlayer]

It really is more the scooped pick ups than the pumps.