For these reasons it s best to replace your water pump impeller or the entire water pump assembly when servicing these items and never rotate your outboard s crankshaft or driveshaft in a counterclockwise direction.
Yamaha water pump impeller direction.
As you slide the housing down rotate the driveshaft to align the impeller housing with the pump housing until it slides all the way down over the dowel pins.
Learn from my mistake and check.
I need to take it apart and turn it clockwise.
Be sure the o rings stay in place.
If you did not notice they were all missing or you forgot then remember that all of these motors rotate clockwise.
If you do this correctly the arms of the impeller will curve to the left.
Clean the water pump housing.
Apply thin coat of multipupose lube to inside of the pump cover.
But again since you will be looking at the bottom side of the water pump you will be seeing it backwards.
I applied some grease to the slots for the o rings to help hold them in place.
Remember the direction of the impeller vanes if any were left on when you initially lifted the housing off.
Impellers must turn in a direction so that the fluid is pushed not scooped through the pump see sample drawing below.
While trying to get this on i flipped the impeller.
Install water pump housing turn driveshaft as you place the housing on top of the impeller.
This needs to be fixed.
Re install the water pump housing.
Shrouded impellers turn so they scoop the fluid.
The rubber impeller is located inside a stainless steel cup and uses the water for lubrication.
Exceptions are pumps with straight vane impellers vanes perpendicular to the shaft and shrouded impellers.
Rotate the drive shaft clockwise and at the same time push down on the pump cover to ease entry of the impeller into the cover.
Straight vane impellers function in either direction.
If this water is not.
Slide the assembled water pump down over the diveshaft and water pump studs.