[C320-list] Impeller Replacement

[Robert Seastream]

I'd simply pull and inspect annually (replacing as needed), but if  
going through the effort to pull, might as well replace.  I'll go  
along with Dick; replacing more frequently if annual engine hours were  
much higher.  The 'kit' should come (mine did) with a small tube of  
glycerine lubricant.  Use it and nothing else.  Vasoline, WD40, etc.,  
might actually deteriorate the impeller.

Bob Seastream
Intuition # 906


On Apr 12, 2010, at 6:49 PM, Dick Walker wrote:

> Replace it every 3 years.
>
> It is the last thing you want to mess with while underway.  The kit  
> O ring
> and Impellar is about $25.00
>
> Dick walklert
> WindWalker II  687
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Paul  
> Rickman
> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 2:35 PM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Impeller Replacement
>
> Cheap insurance to replace it.
>
> Paul
> Affinity 657
> Bay Bridge Marina
> Chesapeake Bay
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Amirault Family - S&B <amiraults at sympatico.ca>
> To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
> Sent: Mon, April 12, 2010 5:28:48 PM
> Subject: [C320-list] Impeller Replacement
>
> All:
>
> Bear will be starting her 4th year of service with me on May 01. When
> acquired in 2007 one of the many things done to her to benchmark  
> engine
> maintenance was replacement of the impeller. I do not remove the  
> impeller in
> the fall. I put 20-25 hours on the engine each year. Can the current
> impeller continue in service or are there time/deterioration issues  
> that
> demand the impeller be replaced more frequently despite the low usage?
>
> Brian Amirault
> 2001 Waltzing Bear, too
>