Hello,my 35 hp. overheated last weekend and with this web sites forums I've found out the head gasket was blown.Actually the head does have a small warp in it so that's going to the machine shop tomorrw.My question is what could've caused the problem with a good impeller.Could just blowing the head gasket cause the engine to overheat ? or something else ?
I replaced the impeller which was in good shape.I replaced that with a impeller with a few more fins in it,i would imagine that's just an improvement(not sure ?). Last weekend with out my knowing, i had my engine "engaged" or locked down and stalled it out on a sand bar.the engine never kicked up of coarse and tore up the prop a little(found that out after i got it out of the water).I ran the boat maybe about an hour before the boat blew the head gasket.I had her going wide open and working the engine pretty hard.Had a few people in the boat.When i relaced the impeller there seemed to be a lot of small black pieces of something down there all over in that housing area.The drive shaft had what looked like some carbon built up on about half of that shaft.So i assume that is what the small black pieces were ? not sure.Well i appreciate anymore more info on this problem just trying to avoid a simular problem.This boat never had a overheat alarm on it,but i did buy one,just waiting for that to arrive.They show that alarm as a accessory for that year.Hopefully they come with instructions on how to hook them up. Well thanks again for any info .
I replaced the impeller which was in good shape.I replaced that with a impeller with a few more fins in it,i would imagine that's just an improvement(not sure ?). Last weekend with out my knowing, i had my engine "engaged" or locked down and stalled it out on a sand bar.the engine never kicked up of coarse and tore up the prop a little(found that out after i got it out of the water).I ran the boat maybe about an hour before the boat blew the head gasket.I had her going wide open and working the engine pretty hard.Had a few people in the boat.When i relaced the impeller there seemed to be a lot of small black pieces of something down there all over in that housing area.The drive shaft had what looked like some carbon built up on about half of that shaft.So i assume that is what the small black pieces were ? not sure.Well i appreciate anymore more info on this problem just trying to avoid a simular problem.This boat never had a overheat alarm on it,but i did buy one,just waiting for that to arrive.They show that alarm as a accessory for that year.Hopefully they come with instructions on how to hook them up. Well thanks again for any info .
