Another Trim Pump Motor AGAIN!?

[liquidlew]

Well, I replaced my trim pump motor last year cuz the old one (and that one was only a year and a half old) started acting funny, 3-5 seconds of grunting hesitation before it ran smoothly. Now, not even 1 season on the new one and it is doing the same thing as the old one! While I was dealing with the first pump, I asked you all if anyone knew why this was happening. Got lots of answers but none were correct.

After taking the old one apart, here's what I found inside the pump motor: oil from the resevior! Obviously I have a bad resevior seal, so does anyone know how hard that is to replace? I will scour my manual when I get home today, then take the unit apart this weekend and see what needs to be done and what parts I'm gonna need.

 

[ErieRon]

Re: Another Trim Pump Motor AGAIN!?

What pump do you have?

 

[liquidlew]

Re: Another Trim Pump Motor AGAIN!?

Me has the OILDYNE power trim pump with the plastic resevoir. I'm about to read up on it with my factory Merc service manual #6, but if anyone has any experience with this issue, sure would appreciate any info!

 

[liquidlew]

Re: Another Trim Pump Motor AGAIN!?

Just read up on changing the seal and it seems like a fairly simple fix, but if anyone's done this and knows something I don't... Anything I should look out for or be careful of?

 

[ErieRon]

Re: Another Trim Pump Motor AGAIN!?

I've never done it, but looking at the manual, can't be that hard. I asked which pump earlier to direct you to the right manual. Good luck...should be a breeze.