"HAD IT ON THE LAKE THIS WEEKE
"HAD IT ON THE LAKE THIS WEEKEND AND THE MOTOR STARTED MAKING A PUFFING NOISE. ALMOST LIKE AN EXHAUST LEAK. I PULLED THE EXHAUST ELBOW AND FOUND THE FLAPPER JUST HANGING THERE MELTED. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH IT OVERHEATED, BUT THERE WAS NO INDICATIONS OF THE BOAT OVERHEATING ON THE LAKE. I CHANGED THE FLAPPER; NEW GASKETS FOR THE EXHAUST ELBOW; I ALSO CHANGED THE INTAKE/EXHAUST MANIFOLD GASKET. I AM STILL GETTING THE PUFFING NOISE. IT ALMOST SOUNDS AS THOUGH THERE IS AIR ESCAPING FROM SOMEWHERE ON THE PORT SIDE OF THE MOTOR. THERE WAS NO POWER LOSE. MOTOR IS RUNING FINE BESIDES THE NOISE. COULD THIS BE THE HEAD GASKET PROBLEM? OR DID SOMETHING GET WARPED?"
"HAD IT ON THE LAKE THIS WEEKEND AND THE MOTOR STARTED MAKING A PUFFING NOISE. ALMOST LIKE AN EXHAUST LEAK. I PULLED THE EXHAUST ELBOW AND FOUND THE FLAPPER JUST HANGING THERE MELTED. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH IT OVERHEATED, BUT THERE WAS NO INDICATIONS OF THE BOAT OVERHEATING ON THE LAKE. I CHANGED THE FLAPPER; NEW GASKETS FOR THE EXHAUST ELBOW; I ALSO CHANGED THE INTAKE/EXHAUST MANIFOLD GASKET. I AM STILL GETTING THE PUFFING NOISE. IT ALMOST SOUNDS AS THOUGH THERE IS AIR ESCAPING FROM SOMEWHERE ON THE PORT SIDE OF THE MOTOR. THERE WAS NO POWER LOSE. MOTOR IS RUNING FINE BESIDES THE NOISE. COULD THIS BE THE HEAD GASKET PROBLEM? OR DID SOMETHING GET WARPED?"