Service ????? If it ain' broke dont break it

[Bonefish Blues]

To service or replace ?

To '...replace the impeller every year on my Honda 30'

 

[Boathook]

To '...replace the impeller every year on my Honda 30'

Used to buy a honda service kit that came with filters, washers, impellor, etc.

I can't remember the exact price but around £180 rings a bell. Possibly could have got the bits cheaper elsewhere, but it kept the main dealer on my side. I used to pick the brains of him or his mechanic if I wasn't sure about anything.

 

[Hot Property]

Used to buy a honda service kit that came with filters, washers, impellor, etc.

I can't remember the exact price but around £180 rings a bell. Possibly could have got the bits cheaper elsewhere, but it kept the main dealer on my side. I used to pick the brains of him or his mechanic if I wasn't sure about anything.

I tend to inspect/ change the impeller on my 100 and 150 Honda's every couple of years.

Taking the leg off takes time so the additional cost of the actual impeller is negligible.

I have a lift and hold for the oil change once a year. It's afloat the rest of the time so false economy not to replace, (including the big anode on the bracket - when I bought her this had disappeared despite being serviced by a " proper" company on the IOW).

 

[Mr Googler]

In my experience, the best reason for regularly changing an outboard impeller is that if you don't, when you actually have to change it, it is all corroded and stuck to bu66ery and is somewhere between next to impossible and impossible to do

What tosh…..nothing ever needs inspecting or servicing. Itll be fine for at minimum 5 years

 

[wonkywinch]

Oil does 5 things. Lubricate, seal, clean, cool, and cushion. And it's cheap. Why wouldn't you change it?

 

[ari]

Dont feed the troll

Quite! Amazing that he still gets bites (and more so that he seems to need them).

 

[oldbloke]

I may not agree with Mr Plumbs but he does have a point. What percentage of outboard motors do have their impeller changed before being compelled to by lack of pumping, I'll bet it's a very small percentage, and what percentage explode, seize or need rescuing by the RNLI ?