Water Pressure?

HighTrim

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Re: Water Pressure?

They vary slightly, but I would imagine you would be around 18-24 psi? If you are below 15psi, there is trouble.
 

ezeke

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Re: Water Pressure?

You can probably get a good idea from this teleflex chart, but a lot depends on how you set the hoses up. If you "T" into the telltale hose with a 1/8" restriction, it will read differently than if you cut in at the exhaust housing.

The main benefit of a pressure gauge is that you get used to what it normally reads so that you have a heads-up when it is not functioning normally.

Chart link: http://ww2.tflx.com/pdf/obwtrp~1.pdf
 

Silvertip

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Re: Water Pressure?

The only way to know what "normal" is would be to install a new impeller when you install the gauge. Take idle and wot readings and write them down somewhere. Any deviation from these numbers over time indicates a deteriorating impeller.
 

CatTwentyTwo

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Re: Water Pressure?

I installed a new BRP water pump kit last fall and recorded 20 PSI at 4000 RPM on my 94 175 Johnson.
 
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