Stuffing box water feed from a kamd 300

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My stuffing boxes are not water cooled from the engine. They seem to work quite happily just with water around the shaft. However I think I would be happer with a water feed into the stuffing box to guarantee water lubrication. The stuffing boxes have a water inlet that's capped off at the moment. My kamd 300 do not have anodes so I am struggling to identify a good place to connect into the seawater side of the cooling system. What have other manufacturers done with kamd 300 stuffing boxes? Do Volvo do a T piece or something similar?
 
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My stuffing boxes are not water cooled from the engine. They seem to work quite happily just with water around the shaft. However I think I would be happer with a water feed into the stuffing box to guarantee water lubrication. The stuffing boxes have a water inlet that's capped off at the moment. My kamd 300 do not have anodes so I am struggling to identify a good place to connect into the seawater side of the cooling system. What have other manufacturers done with kamd 300 stuffing boxes? Do Volvo do a T piece or something similar?
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Find the two black hoses attached to the supercharger air intake, one has a blue nylon tie denoting it's the sea water drain from the oil cooler, if your lucky enough for it not to be blocked you can use that take off point, with place a T piece into it or just use the hose. It will mean every time you stop the engine the sea water in the system will drain to sea level, however be cautious it can also mean a hose that can sink your boat if it became damaged .
 
Thanks for that. I like the sound of all/most of the seawater draining away when the engines stop. If I go down that route I will fit a small valve in line so I can isolate the stern glands.
 
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