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Mar-02-2009, 11:49 AM
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#1 | | I'm still CostaMako
Name: Shawn Vessel: 2007 Defiance 195 Yellowtail Special Location: The 949 Job:. Bio: Adding to my ignore list, one idiot at a time. BTW, charter boat seabass don't count.
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| Raw water pump problem
My raw water pump is driving me crazy. It works fine the very first time I use it on every trip. After I turn it off and turn it back on later in the trip, it never works. I've check the wires and they seem to have a good connection.
Has anyone ever had this issue?
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Mar-02-2009, 12:27 PM
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#2 | | Captain
Name: Jorge Luis Villegas Age: 39 Vessel: Yeah, I have one. Location: Beverly Hills Job:Piss my wife off
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You using my boat? I'm having the same issue.
I got my boat ready Saturday for some bottom fishing on Sunday. Checked the bait pump, bilge pump, fishbox pumpout and raw water pump, lights, yada, yada, yada and all worked fine in the driveway. Got out and did some fishing, cleanup time comes and raw water pump isn't woking again, won't even turn on. This is the fourth time I've had this issue, works fine in the driveway and only when it wants to out on the pacific lake. It's old so I'm saving my hair and just installing a new one. good luck!!
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Mar-02-2009, 01:06 PM
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#3 | | AQUA HUEVOS
Name: dick mcclure Age: 52 Vessel: 34 pacemaker Location: huntington bch ca Job:Make new shit for jets. Man was never ment to live on land.
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It's a bubble between the pump and the pickup. Try a bucket of water in the tank and let it drain through the pump a minute before you turn it on. Works for me.
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Mar-02-2009, 01:15 PM
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#4 | | I'm still CostaMako
Name: Shawn Vessel: 2007 Defiance 195 Yellowtail Special Location: The 949 Job:. Bio: Adding to my ignore list, one idiot at a time. BTW, charter boat seabass don't count.
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Originally Posted by rfmjr2  It's a bubble between the pump and the pickup. Try a bucket of water in the tank and let it drain through the pump a minute before you turn it on. Works for me. |
When you say "tank", are you referring to the bait tank? My raw water pump is not connected to my bait system at all. Is there another option in getting the "bubble" out, if that is the problem?
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Mar-02-2009, 01:19 PM
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#5 | | Captain
Name: Max Age: 47 Vessel: 21' Trophy Pro, @-EZ Location: Mira Mesa, San Diego, CA. Job:DoD Bio: USMC Retired
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When you flip the power switch on can you hear the motor turn on?
I just went through my second pump in as many years.
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Mar-02-2009, 01:32 PM
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#6 | | BARKING MOONBAT
Name: Jim Age: 50 Vessel: Defiance 250 EX Location: loafers glory Job:paying taxes
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Did you check your strainer? Try running it when at speed? Try replacing your spray nozzle?
sounds dumb, but I've had luck with these in the past for that problem.
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Mar-02-2009, 01:38 PM
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#7 | | Registered User
Name: Big Dan Age: 45 Vessel: 08 212 Wellcraft Fisherman Location: Huntington Beach Job:Reilly Integrated Corp.
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I got the same thing Shawn,, i tried the strainer, and the nozzle, the story i heard is that the shaft that turns the impellar is corrosive and the impellar is plastic and they are prone to break, thank god for the extended service plan
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Mar-02-2009, 02:04 PM
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#8 | | "its a time of day thing"
Name: Greg Vessel: 228 Grady White "Matador" Location: Lake Forest Job:Blah blah blah, are you reading this , or just looking at the tits? Bio: If at first you don't succeed,............... failure may just be your style.
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Most washdown pumps are a diphragm design, a positive displacement pump with no impeller, and do not need prime either. Thats why they tend to thump as they run.
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Mar-02-2009, 02:09 PM
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#9 | | Captain
Name: mark Age: 47 Vessel: 21' skiff recycled from milk jugs Location: oak hills Job:ozone destroyer
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mines a P.O.S. also if that helps...
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Mar-02-2009, 02:10 PM
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#10 | | I'm still CostaMako
Name: Shawn Vessel: 2007 Defiance 195 Yellowtail Special Location: The 949 Job:. Bio: Adding to my ignore list, one idiot at a time. BTW, charter boat seabass don't count.
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Originally Posted by marlyn mines a P.O.S. also if that helps... |
It does a little.......thanks.
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Mar-02-2009, 02:11 PM
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#11 | | Master of Nothing
Name: That Guy Age: 36 Vessel: World Cat 270EC Location: San Diego Job:Internet Dork
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I've had every washdown pump problem and pump ever made.
My $.02.
They all fuckign suck. 1-2 years max. I get the Shureflo blaster pro from WM and they will exchange it within 3 years from the date stamped on the pump label.
Washdown pumps and Trailer Jacks are a conspiracy by the marine industry designed to fail....
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Mar-02-2009, 02:13 PM
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#12 | | I'm still CostaMako
Name: Shawn Vessel: 2007 Defiance 195 Yellowtail Special Location: The 949 Job:. Bio: Adding to my ignore list, one idiot at a time. BTW, charter boat seabass don't count.
Posts: 2,196
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Ali
Washdown pumps and Trailer Jacks are a conspiracy by the marine industry designed to fail.... |
That ain't no shit!
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Shawn
South Bend
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