Re: new water pump not working
This may help. Based on my experience, take it or leave it, I've put water pump tubes back into the pump with folded rubber gaskets in the pump housing, like on the 9.9's and they work just fine and I know for a fact it wasn't a "tight" seal. Sure it leaked but it worked, they don't require a 100 PSI of water pressure to travel into the head and out the tell tail. Remove the lower unit again and re examine your work, something here has been missed and sometimes simply removing and reassembling can fix the problem or lead you to discover the problem. I know it sounds stupid and your going to say it can't be anything like that but trust me, been there and done it on multiple motors and there is no rhyme or reason on why it happens. Even if it's not a tight seal you should still get something, getting nothing means something is wrong, tube didn't go back in, keyway for the pump missing even though you think it's there- it may have fallen out and you are spinning nothing instead of the impeller. As I say, if it worked before you changed it then something is missing in the equation, what changed????