Newbe with a Impulse31.....Questions....please help!!!

[dmwilson09]

Fill the boat up with some water and hold it up to eye level and see where the leak is coming from. Maybe easier to see where the leak is at vs putting the boat in the tub.

[v-spec]

Just tub tested again after stripping all hardware and siliconing and it still literally flowed right in the boat! I did it with the hatch off and it looks like it could be flowing in the drain plug....should I just silicone that to? I know I am a new guy but I don't believe there should be this much leakage.I am talking it flowed in not dripped in. I just don't understand.....

Did you tape the hatch? Mine doesn't get a single drop of water inside even after sitting upside down on the pond for 20+ minutes drifting to shore. I have not sealed anything besides the water inlet line and an o ring around the water outlet and some hatch tape also removed the antenna and tape over that as well as took off the hatch lock. If you are relying on that tupperware lid it's completely useless because they have the big hole picture below as well as another for the hatch pin in front.

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[ejimbo4]

Just filled it with water and it poured out the hole/tube/opening that the flex shaft goes into but I did not fill it up enough to let it fill up to the tube on the inside......I dont understand but at least I have narrowed it down but what do I do now? Am I wrong but if you buy a RTR truck you usually just put a couple things on,install batteries and play and this is not seeming like that. Hmmmmmmm......

[v-spec]

Also if your just testing in the tub if you haven't greased the flex shaft it may come in from there.

[ejimbo4]

No I have greased the flex shaft twice....when I filled up the inside it poured out the hole in the back that is about 3/4" in diameter.

[dmwilson09]

The hole that the stuffing tube (Brass tube) is running thru. If so, you will need to seal up around the stuffing tube when it comes into the boat. That should fix your problem.

[Mtwinste]

same thing was happening to me albeit not as bad. I took people's advice on here and put some fuel tubing in between the shaft collet and the plastic tubing the flex shaft comes out of. I also greased the shaft and the water went away. I think water was coming up the shaft into the bilge before i put the tubing in between. I also installed one of those aquamarine water inlets in the back which was a total pain in the ass but that probably helped too. This weekend i ran 3 sets of lipo in salt water and no water got inside and i completely submerged the boat after casing a big wave and rolled upside down a long time and still no water. using electric tape for the hatch.

[ejimbo4]

All right so I woke up this morning and figured I would take a video to maybe show my problem. In the video I pour water down in the space right in between the section the esc sits in and the box that houses the tube. I poured the water right in front of drain plug pretty much....here is the vid

[ejimbo4]

sorry double post

[mcdragon2]

it looks like it must be cracked or something. pull the flexshaft and plug the hole it leaves with something to see if it still leaks

[ejimbo4]

I am at work right now but the water doesn't even make it that far...if you look it is coming out of the big hole,I don't think plugging the hole will make any difference. How hard is it to fix if it's cracked? What I am wondering like I posted earlier is when I received my boat,trim tabs were all ready installed as were brackets for turn fins and there was broken pieces of styrofoam in the box like someone had all ready had it out at hobby shop seeing as how it was only one they got and had to ship it straight to me.Didn't think much of it at the time and who knows but I have all ready put stickers on it,siliconed everything possible and installed water outlet in back which I agree is a big pain in the.......... not to mention waterproofed all the electronics so sending it back I am sure is not a option and it hasn't hit any water but the tub Can anyone tell me how to go about fixing this?

[ejimbo4]

So I got home and shined a LED light up the outside of the tube and sure enough.......cracked about half way up the tube!!! DANG! First boat! Is there something.....silicone,epoxy....something I could stand the boat on its bow and get in there a little past the crack(I am talking filling tube up past crack) that would stop the leak? It seems that it wouldn't get in the way of anything...... I am going to contact proboat or Horizon tomorrow seeing as it never hit water and its cracked but I all ready installed water outlet and I don't know if they will send me a new hull and in the case that they won't I would like to try to fix it untill I can buy a new hull.

[arp1500]

good luck man i hope they replace it for you, i had a aquacrap that crack after the first run about a year ago and that company just took it back

[mcdragon2]

I was just trying to eliminate the flexshaft as a possibility but since you can see it take a picture and be ready to send it to Horizon they should do something unless they feel you caused it somehow. the big tube is there so you can move the prop height somewhat

[ejimbo4]

Yep just got off the phone with Horizon and they said to get some pics together and e mail them to him(tomm) and he is going to get me another hull. It does blow about a cracked tube on my first boat but the people at Horizon and the customer support made me feel a lot better about the situation. So thanx everyone and I will be back!