www.iFourWinns.com

i am replacing the impeller that i removed last year. soes anyone have any any off the shelf lube that wont destroy the impeller?

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republicans, working hard so you dont have to.

I have always bought the Volvo part and that always comes with a little pack of silicone lube.

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Walter

2003 248 Vista - VP 5.0 GXi
2009 Toyota Tundra SR5 5.7L 4x4

mine did too when i installed it last october, but over the winter i removed it to check for debris and noe need to re-install it again and i have no more lube

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republicans, working hard so you dont have to.

A silicone-based lubricant some may be familiar with:

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Paul
2007 Four Winns Horizon 220
Mercruiser 350 Mag MPI w/ Bravo III Drive
2004 Ford Explorer Limited (V8-AWD)
Pomme de Terre Lake (Southwest Missouri)

2X on the KY.

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97 205 Sundowner

The tube that comes with a VP impeller is glycerin.

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Mike
2005 Four Winns 230/240
VP 5.7GXi/DP
1998 F-150 XLT
Boat Pic

If it kills these, I wouldn't use it...

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2001 Horizon 260 - 7.4 Volvo GSI DP

Yes, Glycerine is what VP supply, it dissolves in water as soon as the engine is run. Very convenient for me we used to have 40 gal drums of the stuff at work, the 250 cm3 botttle I have has lasted for years and years!

Graham

Or rather, if you'd used it, you wouldn't... oh, never mind.

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Mike
2005 Four Winns 230/240
VP 5.7GXi/DP
1998 F-150 XLT
Boat Pic

Yes,

Just slop a little Dawn (or ANY) dishwashing detergent or even use a bar of soap on it. What ever you use will be gone when you run it in water anyway.

Just make sure that you have the vanes bent in the right direction when you put it together.


Cheers,

Rick

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1987 Four Winns Liberator 211, formerly OMC 460 King Kobra powered, replaced in 2006 by a 1997 Mercruiser 454/Bravo III

I used the KY too when I replaced my impellar as well

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"Where Da Go"
2002 248 Vista
Lafayette, IN
http://blueoceanlife.worldventures.biz

The factory shop manual for my OMC said to use outdrive gear oil to lube the impeller.....so that's what I did....

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88 Four Winns 200 Horizon
4.3 OMC Cobra-4bbl
2002 Walker Bay 10/2012 Suzuki 2.5
2008 Walker Bay 8

1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0/Selectrac
2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.7 Hemi/Quadradrive II

What's the right direction? Won't they just straigten themselves out. It appears that the housing sits off center from the point at which it spins. See the markings inside my housing:



Edit: Now that I look at it closer it's actually they way the inside of the housing is shaped that probably causes the fins to flex differently.

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2008 H210SS VP 5.7 Gi/SX
2011 Ford F150 FX4 EB