hi all, I'm new here and new to Mariner engines, I just bought a 95 boat with a 200 Mariner on it. it runs great but on our first trip out we had a problem.
I'm thinking it may be as simple as the water pump but what is happening has me confused. what happened is we were cruising along and it just lost power and shut off. it would fire right back up and idle just fine but if I tried to throttle up it would stall and die. so we did a quick on the water check, fuel looked good all connections good, water coming out pee hose good. OK fast forward we just idled it back to the dock and I got it home, we kept smelling gas like it was running rich off and on but the motor ran smooth the whole time. so I get it home hook the water to it I bypassed the gear and throttled it up and as soon as I did it stopped pumping water, I would pull it back to idle and the water would start back. the pee hose does not have the normal fitting on the end it is just the hose coming from the heads, is that an issue, does it need a certain amount of back pressure to keep the water in the heads. is it likely that I just need to replace the water pump
Thanks in advance
oh yeah it has the water pump with the plastic housing if that make a difference. the PO said he had it replaced last year and only went out once since then
I'm thinking it may be as simple as the water pump but what is happening has me confused. what happened is we were cruising along and it just lost power and shut off. it would fire right back up and idle just fine but if I tried to throttle up it would stall and die. so we did a quick on the water check, fuel looked good all connections good, water coming out pee hose good. OK fast forward we just idled it back to the dock and I got it home, we kept smelling gas like it was running rich off and on but the motor ran smooth the whole time. so I get it home hook the water to it I bypassed the gear and throttled it up and as soon as I did it stopped pumping water, I would pull it back to idle and the water would start back. the pee hose does not have the normal fitting on the end it is just the hose coming from the heads, is that an issue, does it need a certain amount of back pressure to keep the water in the heads. is it likely that I just need to replace the water pump
Thanks in advance
oh yeah it has the water pump with the plastic housing if that make a difference. the PO said he had it replaced last year and only went out once since then
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