Don Coyote
New member
Well,....... not to get TOO personal,..... yes I'm speaking about my boat motor.
......... (THIS time).
I just "maintained" the impeller in a friend-of-mine's 1965-ish Mercury 6hp. (Some OTHER guy screwed it up).
I got the engine to "pee", but it only does it at idle. When I give it gas, it stops peeing. I idle down and it starts again... and the water gets pretty hot, then cools down.
I work on air-cooled snowmobiles, I don't work on water-cooled engines. (But hey....... if it burns gas, I'll wrench on it when it needs it).
I assume this is NOT normal? Shouldn't it pee even harder when I give it gas?
......... (THIS time).
I just "maintained" the impeller in a friend-of-mine's 1965-ish Mercury 6hp. (Some OTHER guy screwed it up).
I got the engine to "pee", but it only does it at idle. When I give it gas, it stops peeing. I idle down and it starts again... and the water gets pretty hot, then cools down.
I work on air-cooled snowmobiles, I don't work on water-cooled engines. (But hey....... if it burns gas, I'll wrench on it when it needs it).
I assume this is NOT normal? Shouldn't it pee even harder when I give it gas?