Water pumps

[anthonyburris]

i just put in new water pump gaskets, and i can start the engine, but the water wont feed up into the engine, it goes through the impeller, i guess, then dinpersses into the engine case, and squirts out onto my feet...whats the deal??? Also the exhaust is heavy when this happens and it is very smokey... PLease help.

 

[Flounder pounder]

Re: Water pumps

Doesn't the impellor require a pin or shaft? Was that installed so it can catch? It has to spin to work.

 

[TOHATSU GURU]

Re: Water pumps

Do you have an 8 A or 8 B?

 

[Navigator]

Re: Water pumps

THe impellor housing typically mates with a cooling tube. It sounds like when you assembled the unit, you didn't get the tube mated properly. <br /><br />The engine exhaust is mixed with the exiting cooling water to help cool it and muffle the sound a bit. If you're not getting water into the engine, then the exhause is not getting doused properly.<br /><br />Dont run the engine until you get this resolved and you can confirm you are getting cooling water through the block.<br /><br />Nav

 

[anthonyburris]

Re: Water pumps

it is a 8 b, making it a 2 stroke.

 

[anthonyburris]

Re: Water pumps

i obviously just dont have all the washers, and gaskets in the right place...does anyone have a diagram of how it should be, or just want to simply explain it??? thanks for the help