Fuel pump opinions
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Fuel pump opinions
I took a look at my raw water pump/fuel pump setup and noticed that there's a little bit of oil on it. Smells like gear oil, but not 100% sure. Don't know if or how long its been leaking. It's atleast 5 years old and my understanding is that the water pump housing failing is pretty common and its smart to replace the whole thing. Rather then put a new fuel pump and gasket on there, to find out its the housing, why not replace it all (to be safe). I'm looking for opinions. Should I replace the seawater pump and fuel pump with oem parts or block off fuel pump part and switch to a electric fuel pump? Like I said, I haven't had a problem in numerous years with seawater/fuel pump setup. Just looking at the cost and its actually cheaper to switch to a electric fuel pump. Assuming I can just block off where mechanical pump went. Can anyone add incite to that? If I would need to replace seawater pump housing regardless of what I decide with fuel pump, or can it ride on if I'm not attaching mechanical fuel pump to it?
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I took a look at my raw water pump/fuel pump setup and noticed that there's a little bit of oil on it. Smells like gear oil, but not 100% sure. Don't know if or how long its been leaking. It's atleast 5 years old and my understanding is that the water pump housing failing is pretty common and its smart to replace the whole thing. Rather then put a new fuel pump and gasket on there, to find out its the housing, why not replace it all (to be safe). I'm looking for opinions. Should I replace the seawater pump and fuel pump with oem parts or block off fuel pump part and switch to a electric fuel pump? Like I said, I haven't had a problem in numerous years with seawater/fuel pump setup. Just looking at the cost and its actually cheaper to switch to a electric fuel pump. Assuming I can just block off where mechanical pump went. Can anyone add incite to that? If I would need to replace seawater pump housing regardless of what I decide with fuel pump, or can it ride on if I'm not attaching mechanical fuel pump to it?
It would be a good time to put a rebuild kit in your fuel pump.
After market electric fuel pumps are not reliable in a boat unless properly configured with a return style regulator
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Is there anything else I should replace on the seawater pump while I have it apart? And how hard is it to take it apart once off the motor? I'm gonna attach the parts diagram and let me know what part by number I should replace.