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Tides Marine Exhaust Installation Guide

This document provides instructions for installing a vented loop anti-siphon system when a marine engine's exhaust port is located below the waterline. It explains that a vented loop prevents water from siphoning back into the engine when it is shut off. The instructions describe installing a hose tee on the pressure side of the vented loop to provide a water pick-up point for a device called a SureSeal, and routing the hose to avoid chafing while leaving some slack. The document addresses two exhaust system configurations: one with the muffler above the engine and one with the muffler below.

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Tides Marine Exhaust Installation Guide

This document provides instructions for installing a vented loop anti-siphon system when a marine engine's exhaust port is located below the waterline. It explains that a vented loop prevents water from siphoning back into the engine when it is shut off. The instructions describe installing a hose tee on the pressure side of the vented loop to provide a water pick-up point for a device called a SureSeal, and routing the hose to avoid chafing while leaving some slack. The document addresses two exhaust system configurations: one with the muffler above the engine and one with the muffler below.

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Tides Marine, Inc.

Water Pick-Up Installation Instructions


Engine Below (or at) the Waterline

A vented loop (anti-siphon system) is used when an engine’s exhaust port is located below the waterline. When a
marine engine is shut down (and the system DOES NOT have an anti-siphon valve), raw water continues to siphon into
the exhaust system until it reaches the same level as the waterline in which the vessel rests. If the engine is installed
below (or at) the waterline, this water will flow back up the exhaust pipe and into the engine itself.

The vented loop closes when the engine is running (under raw water pump pressure) and opens when the engine stops,
allowing air into the system which prevents water from moving back through the exhaust system and into the engine.

Exhaust System - Water Lift Muffler Above the Engine

In this installation, the exhaust run comes off the engine and into a vertical pipe with a bend / elbow just above the
waterline. From this elbow / bend, the exhaust system runs down past the waterline to a water lift muffler mounted in
the engine room above the engine.

The siphon break lies between the heat exchanger and the exhaust riser and is located on the discharge side of the
exhaust bend / elbow. It is positioned above the waterline as well as above the elbow / bend of the exhaust riser.
Step 1 Install a hose tee anywhere on the pressure side of the vented loop between points “A” and “B” to form
the water pick-up point for the SureSeal. The lower you position this fitting in the line (closer to “A”), the
higher the head pressure will be to feed water to the SureSeal.

Step 2 Put two hose clamps over the end of the water pick-up hose and attach to the branch fitting on the hose
tee.

Step 3 Route the hose from the water pick-up point to the SureSeal in a manner which eliminates/minimizes the
possibility of chafing, burning or kinking. Turns in the hose should be minimized to improve water flow.

Step 4 Support clips used to dress the hose should not be so tight as to crush the hose and restrict water flow.
Tides suggests that a bit of slack be left in the hose at the “SureSeal end” to allow for some movement
during vessel operation. This reduces the chance of the hose “loading” the SureSeal on the shaft.

Exhaust System - Water Lift Muffler Below the Engine

In this installation, there is no riser in the exhaust system. Exhaust gases and raw water discharge straight from the
engine to the water lift muffler located just below the engine.

However, the positioning of the hose tee to create a water pick-up point for the SureSeal is the same as indicated when
the muffler is located above the engine. Follow the same installation steps as noted above.

TIDES MARINE
3251A S.W. 13th Drive Deerfield Beach, FL 33442
Toll Free Phone: (800) 420-0949 General Phone: (954) 420-0949
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