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No water out exhaust relief after water pump impeller replace

briansal1

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" My 1978 javelin 85hp was pum

" My 1978 javelin 85hp was pumping water out the exhaust holes in the back of the leg until i changed the water pump, i have a great telltale and am getting water out the head tubes when disconnected, is there anything i could have muffed in the leg when replacing the lower unit??
I have replace the thermostats and get a good flow of warm water out of the prop, can anyone help me with this problem, thanks "
 
" Sparky, it is both, i have h

" Sparky, it is both, i have had it in the water down at the ramp as well, it also appears to have afair amount of water coming out of the leg, tho i have had the leg off again to make sure i didnt miss the feed tube or anything silly like that, thanks mate "
 
take a peice of wire or a too

take a peice of wire or a tooth pick and try stuffing it up the telltale holes. Sometimes junk will get clogged up there just needs to be poked out. Also maybe check to make sure the impeller key was reinstalled when you had the water pump service.
 
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