Reply With QuoteNo. Just long enough to see if it starts is ok, but not for a minute.
is it ok to run my boat (less than a minute)out of the water? I don't want to damage the pump. its a dominator pump. I would also like to find
a parts list/diagram for a dominator. thanks
No. Just long enough to see if it starts is ok, but not for a minute.
Less than a minute? Sure, but even if you start it for say 20 seconds, shut it off and restart it for another 20. Nothing has cooled sufficiently. The 2 things you need to worry about when starting dry, is the seals and the wear ring.
NO!!!! NOT !!!!! DONT!!!!!!! :argue:
Go here for your parts list.....
http://www.hi-techperformance.com/Dominator.HTM
one of the good things about Panther pumps.......
NO!!!! NOT !!!!! DONT!!!!!!! :argue:
Go here for your parts list.....
http://www.hi-techperformance.com/Dominator.HTM
Hey JH, Duane says "Sure, Go ahead. We love the business it brings us!" :2purples: :2purples:
Less than a minute? Sure, but even if you start it for say 20 seconds, shut it off and restart it for another 20. Nothing has cooled sufficiently. The 2 things you need to worry about when starting dry, is the seals and the wear ring.
Most guys I know fire up their boats, go vroom vroom for 3 seconds and shut em down. Or they fire em up just before the transom hits the water when launching. Its nice to know if the freaking thing is going to start before you float off the trailer and go downriver.
Most guys I know fire up their boats, go vroom vroom for 3 seconds and shut em down. Or they fire em up just before the transom hits the water when launching. Its nice to know if the freaking thing is going to start before you float off the trailer and go downriver.
i'm with that! i've pushed off the trailer once or twice, sent the truck back to camp, hit the starter, and nothin but dead battery.i can see it damaging parts if ran over 5 seconds, but i like to fire up before my boat even gets wet.
Try backing the boat into the water to where the pump is under water, but the boat will not float off the trailer. Fire the engine in the water, let it warm up a little and then have your driver back you on into the water for launch. If it doesn't want to start, have the driver pull you out.
Nothing hurt! No dead boat floating in the water! Really pretty simple?
I have this weird tendancy to NOT UNHOOK the winch strap from the bow eye untill AFTER she is running, AND all leak-checks have been done. Then the Admiral unhooks me, parks the truck, and I meet her at the dock.
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