aristakat
Regular Contributor
Okay here we go agin !!!! Water tested boat other day engines peeing fine... Ran motors yesterday in some shallow water that I shouldn't of been in, then decieded to go some where where we had deep water.. Motors ran fine for couple of hours didn't even check to see if they were still peeing.. jumped up coming out of a now wake zone and awhile in to planing horn came on Starboard motor.. came off plane and noticed starboard motor not peeing shut down used port motor to get home, in between started a few more times after checking foot and pee hole for blockage still no water.. So today I drop lower unit/foot double check new impellar and all looks well.. I wash any little fine sand graduels that seem to be around pump with hose / regrease and reinstal foot take to ramp put motors in water still no peeing !!!!!!
so come home start researching find this previous post:
http://www.marineengine.com/boat-fo...-water-not-coming-out-cooling-water-indicator
Start my search :
1. I drop foot again, hook hose to flush port plug water tube and see if I can back flush water toward pee hole nothing water comes out housing not out of pee hole.
2. I pull thermostats out check to see if they open in pot of water My first time doing this procedure.. they both open once water temp gets around 140 . I went ahead order new thermostat's because they are due over 2yr and 500 hrs on these thermostats..
3. I put one thermostat back in and performed rag covering hose nozzle in thermstat hole water came out strong thru water tube nothing thru pee hole, did exact same to other side of thermostat...
4. YES I did run line thru pee hole to check for blockage nothing also....
5. okay deceided to go check water pump again make sure housing was stay knoched and not spinning on shaft all check out manually spinned shaft clockwise to hear impellar spinning seems to be fine..
6. REALLY stumped now was thinking of taking middle cowling off to make sure pee hose was not pinched or at best cleared to block connection visually ?
Any imput would be appreciated !!!!!!!! I don't have a water meter to check pressure as previous posted suggested BUT I feel something might be blocked but not sure how to find other then above procedures ? KEEP in mind motors ran fine for 6-10 miles before this .... Alarm only came on once not willing to leave running long term to see if alarm comes back because of the obivious tell tale pee hole...
thanks in adavance
Jamie
so come home start researching find this previous post:
http://www.marineengine.com/boat-fo...-water-not-coming-out-cooling-water-indicator
Start my search :
1. I drop foot again, hook hose to flush port plug water tube and see if I can back flush water toward pee hole nothing water comes out housing not out of pee hole.
2. I pull thermostats out check to see if they open in pot of water My first time doing this procedure.. they both open once water temp gets around 140 . I went ahead order new thermostat's because they are due over 2yr and 500 hrs on these thermostats..
3. I put one thermostat back in and performed rag covering hose nozzle in thermstat hole water came out strong thru water tube nothing thru pee hole, did exact same to other side of thermostat...
4. YES I did run line thru pee hole to check for blockage nothing also....
5. okay deceided to go check water pump again make sure housing was stay knoched and not spinning on shaft all check out manually spinned shaft clockwise to hear impellar spinning seems to be fine..
6. REALLY stumped now was thinking of taking middle cowling off to make sure pee hose was not pinched or at best cleared to block connection visually ?
Any imput would be appreciated !!!!!!!! I don't have a water meter to check pressure as previous posted suggested BUT I feel something might be blocked but not sure how to find other then above procedures ? KEEP in mind motors ran fine for 6-10 miles before this .... Alarm only came on once not willing to leave running long term to see if alarm comes back because of the obivious tell tale pee hole...
thanks in adavance
Jamie