In need of water!
 

I have a single 502. I can not get water in the motor from the outdrive, water is not being pulled up by the impeller. I have tried everything. New impeller kit,checked all hoses,back flushed the inlet hose out the foot and still cannot get any water out the exhaust. I thought with the inlet & outlet hoses hooked up correct & new impeller, problem would be solved but still no water. I do not know anything else to try.

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Do you have the o ring between the drive and gimble

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Two problems I have personally encountered;
After replacing the impeller I still wasn't getting water flow, I replaced the impeller housing and I had plenty of water, the housing didn't really look worn.
The hose that goes through the gimbal assembly can get pinched which will restrict the water flow.

This may sound silly, but is the inlet hose on the inlet port of the impeller housing?

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I have checked all hoses and made sure everything was clear.I replaced the small O-ring behind the wear plate,the wear plate, the O-ring around the housing and the impeller.I made sure the inlet hose was on the bottom & the outlet was on the top.Could it be the impeller housing? Everything was running fine on the last outing, which was last fall.

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Reverse the hoses or you fryed another impeller on start up?

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Pull off outlet hose on pump and try running water through lower unit to see if water is even getting to the pump. If the pump is pulling water up and through then you've got a blockage, more than likely at your power steering or oil cooler. You can also pull the inlet hose on pump and flush water in to that hose and see if it comes out your lower unit pick ups. It just comes down to tracking any blockages. I agree with Throttle-Up also, sometimes the pump housing looks ok when it's really not. Hope this helps... I've had my rounds with water flow on 496's.

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Make sure you have the lines on the pump correct.
Are you running the boat in the water or on a hose?
What drive do you have? I have seen people with a dual water pickup bravo forget to seal up one inlet and all the water runs out the other.

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It my problem seems to be from the water intake at the foot to the impeller housing. I have taken the inlet hose off the pump and ran water through the hose and it ran freely through the foot, so no blockage there. The impeller will not pull one drop of water up. I dont understand if everything is clear from the foot to the impeller and from the outlet to the oil cooler why it will not pull any water. Thank's for all the input.

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My drive is a bravo one. I'am running the boat out of water and both sides are covered good. My hoses are ran, inlet on the bottom & outlet on top to cooler.

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Have you un hooked the inlet hose inside and started it to see if you have flow? Any chance your risers are plugged, I have seen them rot shut over the winter. Pull the hoses that feed the risers and start it to see if water flows if so the risers are blocked.

phil

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I have heard of new impellers not sucking in water from a hose when freshly installed. Its kind of like the system needs to be primed. The problem is that when it doesn't suck the water in, it fries the new impeller.

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Dont know how old your boat is and if you run in salt water. If you do run salt water...pull the supply hose that attaches to the gilmbal. Adapt something from the hardware store to accept your garden hose. By testing this it will eliminate your water flow from the drive.
If you have good water at that point, pull off the hose adaptor from the gimbal. Check if theres a restriction where the hose goes thru the gimbal held into plave with a plastic wedge. It is simular to what your looking at when the drive is off on your bravo bellhousing that the drive attaches to.

Real crappy design from merc. The housing will corrode where the hose attaches to the gimbal. Had that problem and drove me nuts for 2 weeks.
Good luck!!!

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How old is the inlet hose to the pump? I have seen them deterioriate to the point that they collapse internally and will not allow the pump to draw water.

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????????
Is this the same pump?

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Don't quote me on this... but I think you have the hoses backward? I believe, the intake hose from the drive goes to the top off the pump and the outlet is on the bottom? Don't quote me on this, at work and going from memory. If you did hook these up backwards and did not grease the heck out of the new impeller when installed, it is probably fried and housing badly scored. Only takes a few seconds of running dry to ruin them. I made that mistake once, housing got so hot it CRACKED! (Just took a few seconds)

Just double check... I might be all wet on this one. Good Luck :drink:

Zack