Crack Engine Cirular Water Pump using hose in driveway.

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Very Nice SKIJWR!

I was going to rig up a 18 gallon rubbermaid container...with the engine cover out of the boat there would be plenty of room to put a reservoir of some sort.

My house garage hose hookup is not normal for sure.. too much pressure...?? ..I didn't like what I heard when I did the direct hose hookup. Something was just not normal. Normal would be letting the water pickup system work the way it was designed. Connecting up a hose violates that design. Simply put a reservoir system makes the most sense. IMHO. I'm convinced I would have gotten a few more years out of my circular water pump if I didn't change to the direct hose hookup.

I'm okay with replacing the pump however, the boat is 15 yeas old. I would much rather have the failures happen in the driveway any day over happening out on the water.

Originally Posted by skijwr

I tried the direct garden hose connection to the impeller housing. I did not like it. I also heard noises when turning on the water at the same time as cranking engine. You can hear the vanes in the impeller getting pushed. plus my garden hose could not keep up, engine tried to collapse the hose.

so I use the bucket method now, see photos below. I actually used a ice cooler, its a little larger than a 5 gal bucket. it works extremely well. just fill the bucket first, then crank engine, then observe level in bucket, if levels gets low, shut down your engine.
I learned this method from some other guys on this MC team talk forum.