Outboard Not Pumping Water New Impeller

After all the problems i have had with it not pumping water in the tank at home i have always been worried about it.

Outboard not pumping water new impeller. The raw water pump will flow water out the exhaust. 1 check the water pump impeller. Today i decided to take the new motor out for a run before next weekends start to murray cod season and sure enough the bloody thing would not pump water. Slide the pump cover and impeller back down the driveshaft and onto the pump s face plate on the lower unit.

One manufacturer s yearly or 100 hour maintenance schedule does not include an inspection of the water pump and impeller but insists you change the impeller at 300. My new impeller will not pump water after installation i turned the drive shaft clockwise as i pushed down on the pump housing i turned the driveshaft clockwise it pulls down good i remounted my lower sectionto upper section but still no water pumping out my orfice pee hole has little steam or smoke coming out but no water is there something wrong i m overlookingengine runs good just no water. Insert a new gasket in the groove on the underside of the water pump cover and apply a bead of gasket sealer to the gasket. I have had lots of boats in my time and never had an.

The water pump impeller is the cause of most water circulation and overheating problems. The water pump impeller of any outboard motor needs to be serviced on a regular basis a task that if overlooked can lead to big trouble. When water flow through the outboard motor is disrupted or stopped entirely overheating occurs. Insert the new impeller from the pump replacement kit into the liner of the pump cover.

Most outboard maintenance schedules call for inspection of the impeller every 100 hours or once a year. In this video i go through how to diagnose and fix an outboard that isn t peeing any water out the tell tale. We go through checking for blocks in the tube a. If you haven t changed the impeller when you inspect the water pump as part of the preparations for the winter layup or the spring fitting out three years is the outer limit.

Here are top four things boat owners can do when they notice that water is not circulating through the outboard motor.