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I just changed the water pump impeller on my 2006 Suzuki DF200. I had a few questions that I wanted to make sure that I am good on.
1. When removing the lower unit, a grommet fell from where the shift shaft connects to the power head. It goes over the shift shaft and sits where the shift shaft goes into the power head. It was pretty dry rotted and probably was not serving a purpose for quite some time. Am I okay without this? It looks like it would be a pretty major job to get up in there to replace it. It would involve removing the lower unit and taking the side panels off the engine.
2. I used Mercury 2-4-C special lubricant pretty liberally on the impeller fins. It is similar to the Mercury special lubricant 101. Was this ok to use? I did not put globs of it on or anything, but I wanted to make sure it was safe for the impeller and that it will not cause an issue with water passages.
3. I replaced all of the water pump impeller components including the the metal plate, metal housing, plastic impeller housing and o-ring. I did have some difficulty getting the O-ring to seat in the groove in the plastic housing. It was difficult to get the impeller vanes turning the right way and make sure that the o ring was seating well, but I am assuming if it's pumping water it must be good?
In the end, I am probably worrying too much. This is my first impeller change, and I just want to be sure that I am in the good! The engine ran fine so I am hoping is well. Thanks in advance!
1. When removing the lower unit, a grommet fell from where the shift shaft connects to the power head. It goes over the shift shaft and sits where the shift shaft goes into the power head. It was pretty dry rotted and probably was not serving a purpose for quite some time. Am I okay without this? It looks like it would be a pretty major job to get up in there to replace it. It would involve removing the lower unit and taking the side panels off the engine.
2. I used Mercury 2-4-C special lubricant pretty liberally on the impeller fins. It is similar to the Mercury special lubricant 101. Was this ok to use? I did not put globs of it on or anything, but I wanted to make sure it was safe for the impeller and that it will not cause an issue with water passages.
3. I replaced all of the water pump impeller components including the the metal plate, metal housing, plastic impeller housing and o-ring. I did have some difficulty getting the O-ring to seat in the groove in the plastic housing. It was difficult to get the impeller vanes turning the right way and make sure that the o ring was seating well, but I am assuming if it's pumping water it must be good?
In the end, I am probably worrying too much. This is my first impeller change, and I just want to be sure that I am in the good! The engine ran fine so I am hoping is well. Thanks in advance!
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