Impellers life cycle...

[Colbuster]

How often are ya'll having to replace your impellers? I had to replace my engine impellar at 30 hours and my bow ballast impeller at 55 hours and my starboard ballast pump. The pump was covered under warranty, but not the impellers. Is this normal? Should I be changing these myself and is it easy to do? Rather than paying an hour of labor each time.

[GMLIII]

How often are ya'll having to replace your impellars? I had to replace my engine impellar at 30 hours and my bow ballast impellar at 55 hours and my starboard ballast pump. The pump was covered under warranty, but not the impellars. Is this normal? Should I be changing these myself and is it easy to do? Rather than paying an hour of labor each time.

You will get many different responses to your questions . Very easy to change ballast impellers by yourself . Engine and ballast impellers are not covered under warranty.
i did not change my ballast impellers until the tanks began to fill slowly or drain prematurely. 55 hours seems too soon to change ballast impellers . On the other hand I change my engine impeller each spring regardless of hours . I pay my dealer to change my impeller and he charges me $145.00 for labor. Best $145 I have spent because they are a Mother to change. Others will say they are easy to change, but well worth it for someone else to change for me.

[lucky7t]

I replace every season wether it needs it or not . (Engine impeller)

Ballast I have never changed except my OG 210 years ago when it stopped pumping


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[Wake.BC]

Every 100 hours or season for me and they all look pretty good when they come out


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[Infinity]

You may have gotten a faulty one, but also depends on if engine ever runs dry without water. Same with ballast impellers...the new nitrile ballast impellers should last 2 seasons without issue and engine impeller I replace once a year regardless, but if not run dry should be fine for more. Just something I dont take a chance on and dont see why anyone would when so easy to DIY

[sjhodge5200]

I change mine every other year. My dealer charges about $140-$150


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[blueroom]

I had my impeller changed yesterday when my boat was in for some other maintenance. I was on the fence, as we have right at 100 hours and use the boat in clean water. I am glad I did, and was a bit surprised at the amount of wear on the impeller. We were pretty close to losing the ends of a few fins.

[blueroom]

As for ballast impellers, we changed one at 30-40 hours. The port side wasn't filling reliably and we changed it out. The old impeller visually looked about perfect, but this fixed the issue, so who knows.

With 100 hours now I am thinking we will probably change them all out soon. Probably a bit early, but I would rather keep the system working perfectly and spend the $100 a little sooner. I can seal up the best two coated in some petroleum jelly and we have a couple spares onboard if needed. This will also allow us to go a little longer before the next change.

[GMLIII]

Yep my G23 with 150 hours looked like your impeller as well. I change every spring

[Colbuster]

My dealer charged me $194 to change 1 ballast pump impeller. I thought that was a bit much. Especially b/c I had to drive 100 miles to get it to them. I guess I am just surprised at how many little things I have to buy or fix on a brand new boat. But, this is my first boat. Now I know better. BOAT does mean what they say.

So far, I had to have my electric over hydraulic brakes fixed twice (first time the day I tried to bring it home from the dealer), engine impeller at ~55 hours, some pulley thing on the back of my engine at 30 hours, belly ballast pump impeller, starboard ballast pump, piece of trim around my window, bimini top cover (which is tearing again on both sides), bimini top gas shock, upgraded board racks fixed, sea deck replaced, back compartment latch replaced and my ski pilon replaced. I only have 70 hours on it now. And, as much as this doesn't seem believable with what I just said, I am super anal about my stuff and keep it as nice as I can.

And I was under the impression these Nautiques are the best quality out there? Is this normal?

Thanks for the replies about the impeller.

[blueroom]

$194 seems steep for a ballast impeller. I am not familiar with the GS, but on the G it is a $35-$40 part and total time of 5-10 minutes to change out. It's super easy to do yourself on the G.

[GMLIII]

$194 seems steep for a ballast impeller. I am not familiar with the GS, but on the G it is a $35-$40 part and total time of 5-10 minutes to change out. It's super easy to do yourself on the G.

Yes $194 for ballast impeller change seems steep if you supply part . Ballast impellers are expensive in the part along at $75.00 each.
My dealer charged me $149 to change my engine impeller with me supplying part.

[Colbuster]

That includes the impeller. I think it was $129/hr labor and $50 for the impeller.

[blueroom]

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[Evening Shade]

My dealer charged me $194 to change 1 ballast pump impeller. I thought that was a bit much. Especially b/c I had to drive 100 miles to get it to them. I guess I am just surprised at how many little things I have to buy or fix on a brand new boat. But, this is my first boat. Now I know better. BOAT does mean what they say.

So far, I had to have my electric over hydraulic brakes fixed twice (first time the day I tried to bring it home from the dealer), engine impeller at ~55 hours, some pulley thing on the back of my engine at 30 hours, belly ballast pump impeller, starboard ballast pump, piece of trim around my window, bimini top cover (which is tearing again on both sides), bimini top gas shock, upgraded board racks fixed, sea deck replaced, back compartment latch replaced and my ski pilon replaced. I only have 70 hours on it now. And, as much as this doesn't seem believable with what I just said, I am super anal about my stuff and keep it as nice as I can.

And I was under the impression these Nautiques are the best quality out there? Is this normal?

Thanks for the replies about the impeller.

That does seem like a lot of items to have replaced on a new boat. Maybe just bad luck.

$194 seems high to change a ballast impeller. However, I will say that changing the center impeller on a GS20 is easy, but the port and starboard impellers are not so easy. I don’t know if this is true on a GS22, but the oil filter has to be removed on a GS20 to change the starboard impeller. Ugh!

I just changed my engine impeller at 100 hours and it still looked pretty good.