We have gathered up several resources to help you learn how to repair your outboard motor water pump.

Water Pump Kits

Outboard water pump repair kits are relatively inexpensive and as long as you do your homework, learning how to repair your outboard motor water pump yourself could save you money.    Water pump kits are readily available from marine dealers and range from $55 to $100 depending on the make and model of your outboard motor.  A water pump kit generally consists of an upper and lower housing, wear plate, impeller, o-rings and gaskets, tube and seals.

How to Repair Your Outboard Motor Water Pump

Outboard Water Pump Repair Tutorials

HubPages features an article entitled ‘How to Repair an Outboard Water Pump’ by Johan Ramakers.  He offers an explanation as to why water pumps can have problems to begin with and follows with a set of eleven instructional steps on how to repair your outboard motor pump.

Michele F. Richardson is a Contributing Writer for eHow who offers her advice on ‘How to Fix an Outboard Motor Water Pump.’  She rates her ten step-by-step instructions as being moderately challenging and explains that “the life expectancy of the water pump on your outboard can be maximized by performing minor repairs on it as necessary.”

Outboard Repair Manuals and Handbooks

The ‘Outboard Motors Maintenance and Repair Manual’ by Jean-Luc Pallas is available for purchase at Amazon.com for USD $17.63 (or from $12.46 for a used copy).  This book also offers step-by-step instructions through the use of photographs along with detailed explanations of how an outboard motor works.

Amazon.com also features a more expensive book on the topic called ‘The Classic Outboard Motor Handbook’ by Peter Hunn which retails for $130.91 with used copies available from $63.41.  Another Amazon.com option is a book by author Don Casey entitled ‘This Old Boat, Second Edition: Completely Revised and Expanded’ which sells for $32.97 and provides information on basic boat repairs and functions.

Did you know you could search Marine Fuel .com’s marina directory by desired service, such as whether or not a facility offers repair services?  Simply become a Silver or Gold Member, and the Advanced Searching filters are yours to control!

Marine Engine Digest offers guidance through their article entitled ‘Do it Yourself Boat Repairs: Changing an Outboard Water Pump.’; while Associated Content has an article by Dr. Ed Warde called ‘Repairing the Water Pump on a Small Outboard Motor.’

There are a number of YouTube videos offering visual instructions as to how to repair your outboard motor water pump; these include a six-minute video by Jose Gonzalez who ‘shows you how to replace a pump on a Mercury 150 2-stroke outboard marine engine step by step’; Jamestown Distributors TV offers a four-minute video on ‘how to replace the pump on a 2005 Yamaha 25HP 4-stroke outboard motor’; while an eight-minute video is available on changing a Mercury water pump by a certified technician known as the Marine Doctor.

This resource information has provided choices for basic instructions on how to repair your outboard motor water pump.  Now, the decision is yours as to whether you choose to tackle this project on your own or if you’d rather take your engine to an authorized marine dealer for servicing.

Sources:
EBasicPower.com
HubPages
eHow
Amazon.com
Marine Engine Digest
YouTube
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