My 03 GW 265 is powered with twin F225 yammies - hit 1,440 hours this spring on a local fluke trip and had some stalling issues with my starboard engine - weird? I had just changed the filters and have never had a water issue with these tanks - popped the filters anyways and confirmed - no water, primer bulbs were changed in spring also.
Anywho, chatted with my yammy friends at ASMW in Rowayton / Westport and was told it was probably the low pressure pumps about to give out. I have plans to head to points east and certainly offshore if weather allows so decided to replace both pumps. Bottom line, anyone on the forum who is remotely handy can swap these out. I found a step by step tutorial online and showed it to the guys who do this for a living - they said the directions were spot on and that I could easily do the replacement myself. Bought the parts from them and left a little extra for their coffee fund. While I had the engine apart I also replaced the primary fuel filter which is a PITA to access normally. Entire repair required a socket (metric) set, a ziptie and a needlnose plyers, and two cold beers - that's it! I am not ready for Yamaha school and certainly don't think I could handle the high pressure pumps myself but both replaced and engines running great! I was told these original pumps lasted a very long time, generally they give out between 800 -1,000 hours, some sooner / some later with or without any warning. I brought them back so they could bench test and one was basically just about to die and the other was pretty weak. If you are thinking about doing this yourself ping me with any questions and I can forward the link to the tutorial too. If you have an older F250 its the same part and I was told its even easier to access and replace.
Catch em up!
EPPE
Anywho, chatted with my yammy friends at ASMW in Rowayton / Westport and was told it was probably the low pressure pumps about to give out. I have plans to head to points east and certainly offshore if weather allows so decided to replace both pumps. Bottom line, anyone on the forum who is remotely handy can swap these out. I found a step by step tutorial online and showed it to the guys who do this for a living - they said the directions were spot on and that I could easily do the replacement myself. Bought the parts from them and left a little extra for their coffee fund. While I had the engine apart I also replaced the primary fuel filter which is a PITA to access normally. Entire repair required a socket (metric) set, a ziptie and a needlnose plyers, and two cold beers - that's it! I am not ready for Yamaha school and certainly don't think I could handle the high pressure pumps myself but both replaced and engines running great! I was told these original pumps lasted a very long time, generally they give out between 800 -1,000 hours, some sooner / some later with or without any warning. I brought them back so they could bench test and one was basically just about to die and the other was pretty weak. If you are thinking about doing this yourself ping me with any questions and I can forward the link to the tutorial too. If you have an older F250 its the same part and I was told its even easier to access and replace.
Catch em up!
EPPE
