Bravo III raw water pump

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  diggin2day1 Member Posts: 1,326 ✭✭✭✭

  June 2016

  Handymans342 said:

  Yes, all outdrives draw water thru them to keep cool. Don't matter what motors you have

  Handy- What if you have a South Bay Strainer... Doesn't that eliminate the water pickup through the outdrive?

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  LaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,567 mod

  June 2016

  Most boats with strainers have a Y-pipe (dual pickup).

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  MDboater Member Posts: 298 ✭✭✭

  June 2016

  So how does the dual pick up fully solve the problem?  I understand that you need water flowing through the outdrive to cool it.  How does water flow through the outdrive after the through transom fitting closes up due corrosion? 

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  diggin2day1 Member Posts: 1,326 ✭✭✭✭

  June 2016

  Thank you... I thought it actually eliminated the outdrive water pickup. 

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  MDboater Member Posts: 298 ✭✭✭

  June 2016

  Black_Diamond said:

  @MD: I had to replace the raw water hose that goes from the outdrive bellhousing through the transom. 

  Thanks BD!  Was the replacement needed due to the common corrosion issue that collapses the hose?  If so, what do you do about the corrosion?  I see people saying that they replace the hose but don't address the corrosion so it seems like the corroded area is able to accept a new hose.

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  Black_Diamond Member Posts: 5,439 ✭✭✭✭✭

  June 2016

  I am in fresh water, do had no corrosion. The hose got kinked/twisted as it makes the 90 degree bend and thru the transom.  
  
  I suspect ot was not put in right, was new last year. The new part has a rigid plastic part now to prevent that. 

  Past owner of a 2003 342FV
  PC BYC, Holland, MI

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  Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 2017

  Well got my impeller out. Not one crack. 4 seasons and 150 hours. It is a Johnson pump made in Sweden. 

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  Cableguy Greg Member Posts: 5,013 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 2017

  Handymans342 said:

  Well got my impeller out. Not one crack. 4 seasons and 150 hours. It is a Johnson pump made in Sweden. 

  Those diesel engines don't spin fast enough to wear out the impeller.
  

  2008 280 Express Cruiser, 6.2MPI, B3, Pittsburgh, PA "Blue Ayes"
  Go Steelers!!!
  

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  Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 2017

  Guess that's why they outlast gassers 10 to 1

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  reneechris14 Member Posts: 3,134 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 2017

  Don't poke at a sleeping bear.

  2005 Rinker FV342  Pawcatuck river,Ct

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  Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 2017

  reneechris14 said:

  Don't poke at a sleeping bear.

  Great advice. LOL

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  Handymans342 Member Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 2017

  Good thing I have a hot tub. LOL

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