why burn?
because most outboard pumps are NOT self priming.
if the impeller is dry and NOT submerged in water,the one in the above pic is not, they tend to fry before pulling water.
its something I see lot of in this area.
I have 1 customer with a 9.9 thats burned 3 in the past year or so. he keeps trying to run it in a 5 gallon bucket.
then he gets mad cause its not a warrenty covered item.
so unless you can submerge the water pump in the bucket I wont reccomend the bucket method. then ya have to worry about the exhaust blowing the water out of the bucket

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