On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 21:47:58 -0400, "Vinny"
wrote:

This is my first season prepping a boat for the water and
I have a question about maintenance of the water pump.
I've heard that you should change the impeller every 1 to 2 years.
I'm nervous about dropping the lower gear case to get at the pump.
I bought the boat last year, it was already in the water and ran
fine all season. I'm tempted to use the old "if it ain't broke" philosophy
but I'm sure this will get me into trouble at some point.

So two questions:
How often should an outboard water pump be serviced?

One to two years is over kill. Maybe five years at a minimum. Unless
there is a reason like running up a sandbar or operating in extremely
silty water.

How hard is it to service the pump? Again I'm mostly concerned about
dropping the lower gear casing.

Piece of cake. Get a service manual (like Seloc) for the engine.

(BTW, it's a 1995 130HP Johnson)

Nothing to it.

Later,

Tom