Post by Bazza on Mar 4, 2012 12:17:47 GMT
Hello
I have just taken my boat out of the water to replace the water pump impeller as the small tell tail water squirt had almost dried up.
Renewing the assembly with a water pump kit is not a little job and can easily go wrong such as sheared studs etc.
So getting to the point of this thread, it turned out that the pump impeller was perfect, I changed it anyway of course, the real problem was the marine growth build up in the small tubing that supplies the oil cooler, it was blocked with a shell like build up that was easy to remove, and the engine is now running 100%.
This info may already be common knowledge, but it may help some one with the same fault, I think this occurred because I did not use my boat for a month in Feb 2012 and allowed the growth to build.
Barrie.
I have just taken my boat out of the water to replace the water pump impeller as the small tell tail water squirt had almost dried up.
Renewing the assembly with a water pump kit is not a little job and can easily go wrong such as sheared studs etc.
So getting to the point of this thread, it turned out that the pump impeller was perfect, I changed it anyway of course, the real problem was the marine growth build up in the small tubing that supplies the oil cooler, it was blocked with a shell like build up that was easy to remove, and the engine is now running 100%.
This info may already be common knowledge, but it may help some one with the same fault, I think this occurred because I did not use my boat for a month in Feb 2012 and allowed the growth to build.
Barrie.
