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Old 05-23-2010, 01:40 PM
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my circulation pump kicked the bucket last night and was gonna go grab a automotive one from the parts store so i can get out on the water. will this work? will it work for long? i know they use stainless parts inside the marine ones but does that just mean the automotive one is just not gonna last as long?
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the seal on the automotive pump wont last as long, but it might get you by for a while, i know some marine setups the water pump turns backwards so you would need a straight blade instead of a curved blade impellor, to be a bidirectional pump. check your pump rotation
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1 put one in ten years it lasted . still work i wanted to put a aluinula one got one on ebay it works great 4years now http://stores.ebay.com/GR8HOTRODS_Wa...34Q2ec0Q2em322

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I got about a season out of one in brackish water, the rear plate rusted through after that.
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If you are closed cooled, why not.

Your car is closed cooled.

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Take the stainless back plate off of the marine pump and put it on the automotive pump. It'll last for quite a while.
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i ordered a marine one but if it doesnt show by friday i am going to the parts store. this is good info for the future when me or a friend blow one out on a holiday weekend . thank god i figured this out the weekend before a holiday!
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i used one on my dads ski boat used in brackish river. 3 years going strong.
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I run one on my std rotation engine, but closed system(in antifreeze) just like a car..works fine, the other just went this past weekend and it has to be a bi-directional, ordered one from epower new $90, so with raw water cooling would not use one..Rob
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