1987 wellcraft elite with 260/350 mercruiser I/O
I had a squeeky altenator belt which I replaced. I decided to put a new belt on and test it out. So I put the muffs on and was running it when my wife came out to tell me she needed me to move my truck so that she could go to the food store. I jumped out of my boat, backed up my truck and jumped back in my boat when i noticed steam comming out of my drive. I looked at the temp gauge and it was 230 and rising so I shut it down. Turns out my dumb *** parked my truck on the garden hose and it was pinching off water flow to the muffs. I moved the truck off the house and started th eengine and the temp slowly cambe back down to normal. Water was still coming out of gimble housing but not as much as before. I was pretty convinced I wiped out the impeller. I have a spare impeller new in the packaging. When I bought the boat 2 years ago I had the drive serviced and they put a entire sewater pump kit (parts cost $45 according to my reciept) Last night I read how to pull the lower unit off and I did. It seems I caught it in time by th eattached pictures. I was going to buy the kit for $45 today but seeing as how I already have the impeller I think I will just replace that. Seems that the top of the impeller roasted but not the bottom, I suspect there was water in the bottom. Judging by the look of the upper housing, I think I may just but the upper housing to play it safe. I think I will just buy this one piece. You guys are the experts. What do you think?
I had a squeeky altenator belt which I replaced. I decided to put a new belt on and test it out. So I put the muffs on and was running it when my wife came out to tell me she needed me to move my truck so that she could go to the food store. I jumped out of my boat, backed up my truck and jumped back in my boat when i noticed steam comming out of my drive. I looked at the temp gauge and it was 230 and rising so I shut it down. Turns out my dumb *** parked my truck on the garden hose and it was pinching off water flow to the muffs. I moved the truck off the house and started th eengine and the temp slowly cambe back down to normal. Water was still coming out of gimble housing but not as much as before. I was pretty convinced I wiped out the impeller. I have a spare impeller new in the packaging. When I bought the boat 2 years ago I had the drive serviced and they put a entire sewater pump kit (parts cost $45 according to my reciept) Last night I read how to pull the lower unit off and I did. It seems I caught it in time by th eattached pictures. I was going to buy the kit for $45 today but seeing as how I already have the impeller I think I will just replace that. Seems that the top of the impeller roasted but not the bottom, I suspect there was water in the bottom. Judging by the look of the upper housing, I think I may just but the upper housing to play it safe. I think I will just buy this one piece. You guys are the experts. What do you think?
