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Originally Posted by Maine Sail
...Because anti-freeze is bad for many impeller compounds and can shorten the life span. I replace my Impeller yearly anyway and use the one I took out as a spare for the next season. I'd rather not have my spare exposed to a winters worth of antifreeze.
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MaineSail,
Good advice all around. But I would argue that some of the extra steps you take are not as vital in the less frigid, shorter-layup regions. Down here on the Chesapeake, we are talking about 10 weeks or so of winter lay-up, rather than 10 months like up in Maine!
I used to pull the impeller as you do after winterizing. But I stopped doing that some years ago. I now leave it in for the winter and replace it in the spring with a new one. With this approach I only take the pump apart once in March, and eliminate one more aggravation in December.
I do keep a
new impeller handy as a spare -- if I have to take the trouble/time to swap impellers, I want to put a new one in rather than a used one.