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P323 clogged engine water intake

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Valor:
Hi,

If you have a scoop style  or a one piece strainer/thru- hull please get rid of it and install an unprotected thru-hull. Then purchase and install a Groco opening strainer cover and install it over the thru-hull so you can open the strainer cover and service the thru-hull.

https://marinehowto.com/external-strainers-omg/. The version I went with was the second to last one in the article.  I installed a 3/4 bronze thru-hull with a Groco opening strainer made for a 1 1/4  thru-hull.  It will take a much bigger blockage before becoming completely blocked.

I did this last year just to improve reliability. The guy who dives on my boat always pulls the pin and cleans the intake. It works very well.

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