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Jabsco Flexible Impeller, 8-Blade Nitrile, 1-1/4 in

Brand:
Jabsco
Part no:
14750-0003-P

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Specifications

Blades
8
Drive
Single flat

This is a Jabsco flexible impeller with eight blades in nitrile and a brass insert. It has a single flat drive and measures 1-1/4 inch across and 15/32 inch wide, with a 5/16 inch shaft. Jabsco lists nitrile for bilge pumping and for transfer work where the water is badly fouled by oil or diesel. New impellers should be greased before they go in.

Our take

Nitrile is the material here, eight blades on a brass insert, and Jabsco points nitrile at bilge pumping and water fouled with oil or diesel. On a boat that makes it the version for a pump handling dirty bilge water, not the neoprene kind used for engine cooling.

From our buying guide

The impeller depends on the pump, so find it by the pump's model number. Makers' schedules differ, with some saying every year and others every 300 hours or three years, so go by the one for your engine.

Check before you buy:

  • It matches your old one on blade count, shaft diameter, outside diameter, material, drive type and depth.
  • You've checked any substitute against the pump housing, since cross-references are the makers' own claims.
  • The material suits the job. Jabsco recommends neoprene for engine cooling, and nitrile for bilge pumping and water with oil or diesel.

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