TitanTn
Active Member
- Jul 12, 2015
- 386
- Boat Info
- 1986 Saltare, 1998 400 Express
- Engines
- 454 direct drive; twin 3116TA
Generator stopped pumping any water at all. I bought a new impeller and went about changing it for the first time. Well, I got my son to do it because I'm not sure I could fit back there. It's practically a blind job with extremely limited access.
Everything seemed to go well except that we (my son) couldn't get the impeller pushed in. We eventually figured out that the little bar in the middle of the impeller was ever so slightly too large. I took out the old bar and put it in the new impeller. Presto! Slid right in.
After getting everything tightened up and the water back on, we tried it. We get very little flow of water out, but certainly not enough. I'm installed many impellers over the years and have never had an issue. I'm not sure how to diagnose what the issue might be as I can't even get my head over there to see it.
Ideas?
Everything seemed to go well except that we (my son) couldn't get the impeller pushed in. We eventually figured out that the little bar in the middle of the impeller was ever so slightly too large. I took out the old bar and put it in the new impeller. Presto! Slid right in.
After getting everything tightened up and the water back on, we tried it. We get very little flow of water out, but certainly not enough. I'm installed many impellers over the years and have never had an issue. I'm not sure how to diagnose what the issue might be as I can't even get my head over there to see it.
Ideas?