I tried them back in 2008 in the early days when they came out on a set of 12v71's, pulled out into Ny harbor and port main engine was overheating...
If you use them at least annually they don't usually start leaking air. BUT they do have a tendency to leak air on a lot of motors, they're cheap...
I was on an Azimut one time with an open flybridge, came across from Bimini it was rough so running it from inside, came up on the bridge inside...
Cabo installed Veem/Federal/Michigan and Acme. Even on the same boat size, but depended on the ownership of Cabo at the time. The Veems are far...
WHY? They are made to run 24/7 and have a safety shut down for anything that could damage them. Running the gen non stop is the best thing you...
The fitting is a typical quick disconnect. The pump might also have been for oil, but usually they're used for fuel. Could have been to empty a...
Bad sensor, bad thermostat, low on coolant, dirty heat exchanger, bad oil pressure sender, loose wire on one of the shut down sensors etc. etc.
It's a priming pump, generally used to prime the entire engine if you lost prime, whether from changing fuel filters or an air leak or etc.