You’re the first person that I’ve read about that.....yes, very surprising - maybe i damaged it putting the unit back together last time. I did find rubber and and a couple of tiny shell fragments in the cup - with the pump not working I'm hopeful nothing went up the engine.
Yeah, a good run...
Thanks William, I have ordered the pump maintenance kit but in the meantime changed the impeller and WP case bush ( 8 in your diag.
so fired her up on the tank and she purred :)
13 psi @ water pump and ran up to 65c ( on a 30c day) after 30 mins. I ran some salt away through her .
good...
I've been "off the road" for a while with IAC issues and serviced the engine and water pump (total hours 240 ) before going back on the water ( all sea water).
!st trip out we had an overheating issue and since then I have;
checked and replaced the pressure relief valve ( and cover as it was...