ok bear with me... bought engi
ok bear with me... bought engine hadn't run in 3 years.. I was advised to change impeller and rebuild carbs ... motor will run so carbs ok .. but when i started engine in a barrel of water let it run then i heard hot horn go off so turned it off ... took lower unit down and looked in houseing no water not a drop.. but impeller was torn up bad and melted housing .. so i have just ordered new houseing and punp kit from this site ( very helpfull people ) and don't want to happen agian (100.00 mistake).please tell what i did or didn't do or is there something that i should also check ..I am a rookie at boat motors .. I was told that the cause was i put in a barrel full of water (above inlet ports) that it could not pump water it was just pumping exhust gases it was boiling the water out of barrel (not in gear) was told I should have put the clamp things on with hose to it .. is this true ? thanks to all that respond... chuck
ok bear with me... bought engine hadn't run in 3 years.. I was advised to change impeller and rebuild carbs ... motor will run so carbs ok .. but when i started engine in a barrel of water let it run then i heard hot horn go off so turned it off ... took lower unit down and looked in houseing no water not a drop.. but impeller was torn up bad and melted housing .. so i have just ordered new houseing and punp kit from this site ( very helpfull people ) and don't want to happen agian (100.00 mistake).please tell what i did or didn't do or is there something that i should also check ..I am a rookie at boat motors .. I was told that the cause was i put in a barrel full of water (above inlet ports) that it could not pump water it was just pumping exhust gases it was boiling the water out of barrel (not in gear) was told I should have put the clamp things on with hose to it .. is this true ? thanks to all that respond... chuck