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Livewell not filling up....

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Ok finally got out on the water and did some fishing. I wanted to check how things were and when I got to the livewell it would not fill up but did let out the water that was in there. Any ideas what might be happening with the livewell??? 

  • Super User

Do you need to physically plug that livewell?  Do you have drain valves somewhere, sometimes those valves can be moved but the cables fail to move the flapper to block the flow of water.  What kind of boat do you have. Some more info may be helpful.

  • Author

Thanks fishnkamp for your reply, I have a 2003 Triton TR185, I just had it recarpeted and lights put in my compartments for when I go night fishing. No I don’t need to physically plug the livewell. 

  • Super User

Did they move the hoses? If the hose runs above the waterline, before it gets to the pump it may not prime the pump.

  • Super User

Yea I had been thinking of these type livewell controls.

Ranger Boats Remote Livewell Controlvalve Lever 5900006 Flow-rite Bass  These pull on a cable and open and close a valve.  Sometimes there are two. One will say drain and allow water to drain out or fill the livewell. The other may be recirc or fresh, meaning that pump pulls water from either the inside of the livewell or from outside the boat.  That kit might look like this.

Remote Drain Control - TH Marine Gear

  • Super User

Can you hear the pump running?  My Lund livewell has a valve where the water enters the livewell, and if that valve is not open, the pump will run but the water cannot enter the livewell.

  • Author

Update: After a few minutes of a  intense investigation of my livewell it came down to this....it won’t turn on. I know right, go figure. I turn it on and nothing, I now know that I have 2 pumps for the livewell one for pumping in water and one for pumping out water. Thanks for all the replies up to now. Could it be a fuse? All input is welcome....?

  • Super User

The right way to do this is to use a multimeter to verify you have 12v at the pump. If you do, the pump is bad. If you don't, the issue is somewhere else in the circuit. And yes, there should be a fuse somewhere in the circuit.

  • 4 months later...
  • Author

Just a update....I put in a new fuse and what do you think happened????? Yep it works just fine now. Thanks for all the replies 

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