Front bail well leaking – MX

Found this: https://www.in-depthoutdoors.com/community/forums/topic/skeeter_1280881/

On my 2013, I found it leaking this weekend when full. I never use it unless I got fish in the box to make a little extra swimming room as we had 2 minnow bags in there.

Is the culprit the overflow drain leaking or is there something else I should look at when I take it apart.

thanks for the post mine too MX 2025 13 is I guess leaking. we were fishing in UT and I was using the back and the front to put eyes to keep them fresh and alive I left my fill pump running to keep water fresh thinking that it would just go out overflow, well we dumped a lot of water in the bilge. any ideas / opinions helpful

I had the pump on as well. Did your lower compartment and your front storage get wet as well? I gotta fan on mine to dry everything out.

I found on my 2009 WX2000T that when the top was set they did not seal around th ttop of the livewells at all to speak of. When full and splashing around the compartments got wet. Take a mirror and look at the top of the baitwell or live well where it meets the top cap and see if it is sealed. I used silicone caulk and filled in a gap over 1″ wide in places and it helped a great deal.

There is a couple places it could be coming from. Being that this is the first time you noticed it and you said it was full im guessing its one of the following.
fill pump leaking, Could be either the hose connections or pump itself
overflow fitting or overflow hose connection leaking
lastly could be between the baitwell and top cap itself.

If you remove the bulkhead from the front starboard side storage compartment you will be able to see the pumps and hoses. if you do so on the lake with it running you should be able to narrow it down exactly where its coming from.

Once you get that narrowed down let us know and I will do my best to help with the easiest way to fix depending what it is.

thanks Eric, will try next time on water

I have a 2009 WX2000T, the baitwell also leaks on my boat. Water trickles into the storage compartment just behind the baitwell which is a complete pain to dry out. I gave up on it, pulled the fuse, and now use it as a garbage can, which is fitting. I love the fishability of this boat, but I have a long list of build quality complaints…

1. Leaky baitwell
2. Gas fume smells in the compartments
3. Storage compartment latches don’t lock..even when locked
4. Storage compartment latches break….several times.
5. Main side livewell overflows onto the boat floor at times when a lot of fish are in the well. This can happen multiple times during the day. It’s like the overflow gets plugged?
6. Main side live well looses a lot of water out the overflow during long runs in windy (rough wave) conditions which makes it very hard to keep fish alive on long runs. I think this happens when I have to trim up the motor to lift the bow in very rough conditions and water is forced to the back of the livewell. The overflow should have been placed on the end of the livewell closest to the bow, rather than the end closest to the transom.
7. The front livewell does not drain dry, you have to sponge out the last inch or two of water. I quit using it given the ais laws.
8. The control panel for the boats electric switches go bizerk if I wash the boat and get it wet. You would think since its a boat it would be waterproof. Guess they didn’t think of that. The bilge and livewell pumps will turn on even though they are turned off. I have to remove the fuses to shut them off and run a fan on the fuse box to solve this problem.
8. The trailer hydraulic break system is always on the fritz which prevents backing up the boat because the brake gets engaged. I took it in to get fixed and within a year it happened again. I finally just disabled it and go without.

By far, the best built part of the package is the 115 yamaha. That thing is simply awesomely reliable. The next best built component is the fiberglass hull – very solid. The rest could use a quality upgrade and I would be willing to pay more for it.

Chad,
Noted and much has improved 7 years later. Several items on your list can be remedied. Holler if you are ever our way, tough to fix much over the web !

Good to know improvements have been made, I do get that impression when I look at the new ones. A company that is constantly improving their products is to be commended and 7 years is a long time ago in terms of model year changes. I view my list as nit-picky items, big picture is I really like the boat and would not trade it for a Warrior or Ranger tiller given my style of fishing. My next boat will be a Skeeter.

Got a chance to look at it tonight.

Leaking around the light as well as the recirc pump.

I assume I can silcone around them?

Yeah you can silicone them. The best way is to pop them out if you can get to the back to unscrew them then make sure there’s no burrs sticking up from where they drilled the hole in the plastic. If you can’t the. You can just put silicone around them from the inside of the well.

Thats what i did. Cleaned off the burs. Also found out the nuts holding in the pump was loose.

Siliconed and tightened uo everyone now.