17 T22 bow ballast bag not draining

[NMG1973]

Last week I installed a Sumo 650 triangle bag in my 2017 T22. I can get it to fill just fine, but not drain. I hooked the fill (one with the valve) on top, the shorter line (drain from what I understand?) that was in the Y connector in the bottom right corner and the longer (supposed to be vent?) on the bottom left. It will fill quickly, but I have tried everything I can think of to get it to drain, but no luck. Anyone have a solution or if I have the hook up wrong?

Thanks

[Ridebutter]

Might be a priming issue, can you hear the pump running?  Sounds like you have it hooked up correctly.

 

My pump was zip tied up too high, and by lowering it, I fixed my priming issue.

[NMG1973]

Yeah I can hear the pump running, but I haven't tracked down where it is to check the position of the pump......could be a possibility. I have read where people will put the fill lower and the vent on top also........

[Ridebutter]

i don't have the same bag, but vent should definitely be the highest point to evacuate as much air as possible.

[NMG1973]

The instructions weren't very clear at all. I will switch that around when I get back up to the lake...hopefully that may make some difference. Thanks!

[That Guy]

I had a similar issue with my T22 bow bag pretty regularly. I'd give it a firm poke with my foot with the drain on and it'd be enough to prime the pump and start draining. 

[NMG1973]

I will try that! How do you have the hoses routed on the bag?

[That Guy]

And by poke I mean a nice solid quick step on the bag. 

I had the vent on top, drain on bottom right and fill on bottom left when facing forward. 

[MJR63]

I have the same bow bag but with a reversible pump.   For this bag only I fill from the port side hole with no vent.  If I have air in the bag I just unscrew the top fitting to bleed it out.  Drains flat as a pancake and works perfect. 

[NMG1973]

I actually stuck a sumo pump on that top port, but it didn't drain anything either. It's my buddies pump so I may have done something wrong......I didn't have a ton of water in it in the first place because I didn't want to not be able to get it out if it didn't drain.........

[ahopkins22LSV]

Shouldn't the vent line always be on top so as the bag is filling the air will actually be vented out? I have no idea if this will solve your draining problem but I'd try switching the fill and vent line. 

[Simo]

On 7/12/2017 at 8:32 PM, MJR63 said:

I have the same bow bag but with a reversible pump.   For this bag only I fill from the port side hole with no vent.  If I have air in the bag I just unscrew the top fitting to bleed it out.  Drains flat as a pancake and works perfect. 

That's because you have a reversible pump. You never hear of people having any problems with them (filling, draining, auto draining etc) They do what they are designed to do without the added headaches