Hello All,
A former co-worker gave me the aforementioned outboard early this season. It runs very good and I'm quite happy with it. At the start of my last outing, I noticed very little water exiting the tell tale, so I shut it down. Upon restarting the engine, zero water appeared at the tell tale. Luckily I had my trolling motor with me so I was able to salvage the day. Anyway, days later I go to change the water pump, and observe that the impeller and associated components are in good shape, but I changed them anyway. I fired the engine up today using water muffs, and still no water at the tell tale, also checked to see if the hose itself is clogged, but it wasn't. After some research, I see that there is a rubber grommet located somewhere along the water tube that swells up and blocks the water flow up into the engine.
So my questions are: What should my next step be in the troubleshooting process?
If I do need to tear the engine apart to replace this grommet, how long of a task, in hours, would it take for a mechanically inclined individual? Any special tools needed?
I cannot find this grommet in schematics, does anyone have a part number for it?
Thank you for your time,
Mark
A former co-worker gave me the aforementioned outboard early this season. It runs very good and I'm quite happy with it. At the start of my last outing, I noticed very little water exiting the tell tale, so I shut it down. Upon restarting the engine, zero water appeared at the tell tale. Luckily I had my trolling motor with me so I was able to salvage the day. Anyway, days later I go to change the water pump, and observe that the impeller and associated components are in good shape, but I changed them anyway. I fired the engine up today using water muffs, and still no water at the tell tale, also checked to see if the hose itself is clogged, but it wasn't. After some research, I see that there is a rubber grommet located somewhere along the water tube that swells up and blocks the water flow up into the engine.
So my questions are: What should my next step be in the troubleshooting process?
If I do need to tear the engine apart to replace this grommet, how long of a task, in hours, would it take for a mechanically inclined individual? Any special tools needed?
I cannot find this grommet in schematics, does anyone have a part number for it?
Thank you for your time,
Mark