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Tech Talk => Jet Pumps => Topic started by: j. mayanard on September 13, 2013, 07:18:40 AM

Title: Help with identjfying a part
Post by: j. mayanard on September 13, 2013, 07:18:40 AM
Was wondering if anybody could tell me what this is. Never seen one before. Has a stainless steel braided line that runs the my pump? Thanks in advance

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Title: Re: Help with identjfying a part
Post by: mobboss on September 13, 2013, 07:37:48 AM
Well need a pic of where it goes into the pump?  but from the looks of it id say it was an oil reservoir.
Title: Help with identjfying a part
Post by: SoCalPSD on September 13, 2013, 07:43:33 AM
Is that a chevy motor and does it run to the jet pump or to the motor? the little thing in top of of the canister is it a mini pump? It looks like a oil primer. I have one similar but metal on my car, you pressurize the canister and the you flip the valve on the bottom and its suppose prime the oil system by pushing oil into the oil system to help with dry starts after sitting for long periods


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Title: Re: Help with identjfying a part
Post by: j. mayanard on September 13, 2013, 11:32:46 AM
No its a olds 455. The braided hose runs just behind the hand hole cover on the pump. Here is a few more pics.

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Title: Re: Help with identjfying a part
Post by: j. mayanard on September 13, 2013, 11:34:48 AM
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Title: Re: Help with identjfying a part
Post by: ka0tyk on September 13, 2013, 01:32:10 PM
im gonna guess its someones hack to create an oil reservoir for the pump...
Title: Re: Help with identjfying a part
Post by: Trukinbear on September 13, 2013, 02:18:16 PM
im gonna guess its someones hack to create an oil reservoir for the pump...

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Title: Re: Help with identjfying a part
Post by: ka0tyk on September 13, 2013, 02:29:20 PM
whats in the resivoir?  fluid?
Title: Re: Help with identjfying a part
Post by: j. mayanard on September 13, 2013, 03:44:06 PM
Little bit of water is all thats in it.

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Title: Re: Help with identjfying a part
Post by: beerjet on September 14, 2013, 10:47:25 AM
Does it have a droop?
They might use that to burp the pump.
Like most things, its just a naked stab in the dark from me.

-beerjet-

Title: Re: Help with identjfying a part
Post by: beerjet on September 14, 2013, 10:49:43 AM
im gonna guess its someones hack to create an oil reservoir for the pump...

What needs to be oiled right behind the hand hole cover?

-beerjet-

Title: Re: Help with identjfying a part
Post by: Trukinbear on September 14, 2013, 01:11:37 PM
Maybe it's a dye injector...to shoot colorful rooster tails...or bubbles?
Title: Re: Help with identjfying a part
Post by: Trukinbear on September 14, 2013, 01:13:44 PM
No, I've got it...soap, put a fire-hose on the nozzle and have the most bitchin' pressure washer ever!
Title: Re: Help with identjfying a part
Post by: beerjet on September 14, 2013, 04:30:59 PM
Maybe it's a dye injector...to shoot colorful rooster tails...or bubbles?


No, I've got it...soap, put a fire-hose on the nozzle and have the most bitchin' pressure washer ever!

Try and not be a jerk off in the tech sections .....
That's what the War Zone is for.


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Title: Re: Help with identjfying a part
Post by: Trukinbear on September 14, 2013, 04:32:59 PM

Try and not be a jerk off in the tech sections .....
That's what the War Zone is for.


-beerjet-

Sorry, my guess is as good as anyone elses...it isn't oil, it goes behind the hand hole cover - injecting 'something.'
Title: Re: Help with identjfying a part
Post by: Trukinbear on September 14, 2013, 04:38:05 PM
Does it have a droop?
They might use that to burp the pump.
Like most things, its just a naked stab in the dark from me.

-beerjet-

naked stab in the dark from me... that's not a guess? Believe me I've seen people do dumber sounding stuff than my 2 creative ideas.
Title: Re: Help with identjfying a part
Post by: beerjet on September 14, 2013, 04:40:45 PM
naked stab in the dark from me... that's not a guess? Believe me I've seen people do dumber sounding stuff than my 2 creative ideas.

There is a valve under said device which leads me to believe it is opened to relieve pressure and one he sees water in the container the valve is shut off.

-beerjet-

Title: Re: Help with identjfying a part
Post by: Trukinbear on September 14, 2013, 04:43:20 PM
There is a valve under said device which leads me to believe it is opened to relieve pressure and one he sees water in the container the valve is shut off.

-beerjet-

That 'could' work, I agree - there are easier ways to burp, but not everyone goes the easy way.
Title: Re: Help with identjfying a part
Post by: Trukinbear on September 14, 2013, 04:44:12 PM
That 'could' work, I agree - there are easier ways to burp, but not everyone goes the easy way.

But isn't that the suction side?
Title: Re: Help with identjfying a part
Post by: Trukinbear on September 14, 2013, 04:51:56 PM
Not at the top of the pump either, isn't that where an air bubble would be? I don't know, I've never been air-locked but logic would make me believe the bubble goes up.
Title: Re: Help with identjfying a part
Post by: Trukinbear on September 14, 2013, 05:09:34 PM
That odd cam-over deal at the top looks like it would be more efficient breaking a vacuum, than relieving pressure (innie vs outie)... is there a nipple on the other side of the canister one might hook a vacuum pump to? Although I believe that a port in that spot at the inlet to the impeller would create a powerful vacuum (and air leak) on it's own, and that you should never see pressure on that side of the pump. I can't see how it would get past the impeller to get to the pressure side either.

Any Berkeley experts out there that can tell us if that is pressure, or suction right there where his line is hooked?
Title: Re: Help with identjfying a part
Post by: Trukinbear on September 14, 2013, 05:26:19 PM
Just walked out and looked at my disassembled JC.

Neither (suction or pressure), on the other side of that line fitting should be the transom housing - can you snap a pic of the back of the boat, specifically the transom housing to see where that line goes?
Title: Re: Help with identjfying a part
Post by: Trukinbear on September 14, 2013, 05:31:19 PM
Final guess, an oil reservoir for the bowl bearings.
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