Catalina 350 International Association

Hi, No. 1 answer is that there is nothing wrong with water in your guages (so I was told when I bought my C350 and raised it as an issue). Just means that you haven't been using your motor a lot. Condensation in them is normal and is dried by by the lights when motoring, they warm up inside the guag...

I have found a similar problem with the hose hardening, and also that the overflow bottle (polyethylene) had cracked where the holding bracket contacts the bottle, and at outlet spigot. Getting a seal with a hardening hose puts extra pressure on the bottle and I have decided to chase up some silicon...