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Mingo
 
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| I have shurflow macerator pumps on my century. They have started having trouble priming. Do I want to go with a new shurflo or Jabsco any opinions? I had a shurflo washdown pump on my last boat and it would go out every year! Are Jabscos any better?
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Ruby Red Lip
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| I replaced the Jabsco in my Cobia last year with another Jabsco and it has already gone out again. I don't know that one is any better than the other. I think their both made to last just long enough to get out of warranty so you have to buy a new one. My 2 cents. Steve
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Mingo
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| Ok so let me ask you this, the pump runs when I flip the switch... it just is having a hard time priming. So is the pump going bad or is there something else I should look at?
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Ruby Red Lip
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| you can buy an impeller kit for alot of those pumps that include impeller and new seals. FYI
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| there could be numerous reasons why it's not pumping, I just fixed one that had debris in the impeller..... I personally prefer the jabsco pump, alot easier to find parts for and simple to rebuild. I once bought a boat that had been partially submerged in saltwater. It had a total of 5 different pump that where submerged. 3 shurflo's and 2 jabsco's. I tried rebuilding all 5, the shurflo's ended up in the trash and I was able to rebuild both 2 jabsco's. I replaced the 3 with jabscos and all 5 where still working a yr later when Ivan trashed the boat.
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Grouper
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| I have JABSCO on my boat. Don't know which is better. I have had the same pumps, the on that discharges over the side and the one behind the shitter. The one behind the shitter went out in 2006, I bought the boat in 2002. I just replaced it yesterday, motors blown for that long. The one that discharges the crap is still working so I know for a fact that one worked for 4 years before blowing and the other is still working. When were they put on the boat I don't know, it's a 1989 boat. Could have been on there from the day it was bought or just replaced in march of 2002 when I bought the boat.
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