Installed a brand new impeller last week. Was getting the boat ready to launch and long story short ended up running the drive for under a minute without the water turned on to the muff (stupid).
I turned the water on and everything seems fine. Searched this forum and seems these impellers are really delicate and can be damaged in seconds. I had a closer look at the pump and wouldn't some water flow under gravity back to the pump at idle if it ran without water for a brief period? Should I pull the impeller? It is really difficult to get to...we have a 7.4l in a 23' cuddy. To say it is tight is an understatement. Sometimes I wonder who designs this stuff because it would not take much to make this pump more accessible.
I turned the water on and everything seems fine. Searched this forum and seems these impellers are really delicate and can be damaged in seconds. I had a closer look at the pump and wouldn't some water flow under gravity back to the pump at idle if it ran without water for a brief period? Should I pull the impeller? It is really difficult to get to...we have a 7.4l in a 23' cuddy. To say it is tight is an understatement. Sometimes I wonder who designs this stuff because it would not take much to make this pump more accessible.