FishinPole
Cadet
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- Jul 5, 2009
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Trailer mounted 26 foot flybridge boat. Work done high and dry.
I usually replace the raw water engine mounted water pump impeller every few years. This time when I pulled the old impeller, one vane was missing. Not sure where it went. Not anywhere that I can see. Connected to the pump, directly above it, is a screen / filter. No vane, or pieces caught there. Is it possible for the vane to get stuck somewhere in the cooling system ? Do I have to find and remove the piece? Do you think it got ground into small bits and pieces and passed through the system ?
Hoping someone with more experience can answer this question. I am hesitant to run the engine without knowning the risk.
YOUR COMMENTS PLEASE !
Thanks
I usually replace the raw water engine mounted water pump impeller every few years. This time when I pulled the old impeller, one vane was missing. Not sure where it went. Not anywhere that I can see. Connected to the pump, directly above it, is a screen / filter. No vane, or pieces caught there. Is it possible for the vane to get stuck somewhere in the cooling system ? Do I have to find and remove the piece? Do you think it got ground into small bits and pieces and passed through the system ?
Hoping someone with more experience can answer this question. I am hesitant to run the engine without knowning the risk.
YOUR COMMENTS PLEASE !
Thanks