Wash Down Pump-gctid804904

[Mariner156]

Hello everyone. The pressure switch in my wash down pump is not functioning. Essentially the pump is always on when I turn the breaker on. The boat came with a bunch of spare parts including a new pump. The pump I am taking off is reated at 45 psi and the new pump is rated for 55 psi. Will I run into issues if I put the higher pressure pump on? I don't really want to blow a line or a fitting. Or am I overthinking it?

Thank you.

Jamie

[builderdude]

Your good

[Mariner156]

Awesome. Thanks builderdude.

[dmcb]

Yup. With a wash down pump, more is better.

Doug

[SprinterX]

I'm confused, why don't you just replace the pressure switch on the pump itself?

[Guest]

Hi Mariner. Our boat came with a nice washdown pump setup. But sadly, we mever use it because we are in salt water. Always use the hose with city water when we get back on the dock. Griff

[brad4550]

Hi griff

The wash down pump Mariner is talking about is Salt water.

[builderdude]

RE Wash down pumps, I installed mine specifically to hose off the fish guts, clean crabs, etc. while I'm away from the dock. Going to plumb in a forward connection at the bow to hose off the muddy anchor too. Boating in salt 99% of the time, can't waste what little fresh water I have for that stuff

[Guest]

OK Brad and Builder dude. I get what you've said. In our case, we don't fish at all and have a nice city water hose at our lift. The washdown setup on a 325/340 is really nice though. After each outing we go through a dockside fresh water hosedown. Also, each engine gets 5 minutes of flushing with a swim platform dual Perco flush setup. Since we have Bravo II drives, they too get a thorough hose down in an effort to help extend their service life. We all have seen what happens to I/O drives that stay in salt water. Wishing you a great season, Griff.