"Hi I recently purchases a 197
"Hi I recently purchases a 1978 olympic with a omc 185 stern drive engine model # 990252H and drive model# 981112. the previous owner moved to austrilia and his dad sold the boat for him. He told me that the flush out hose hookup was all you needed to run the boat on land. Even though I was concerned by this, I trusted him and I ran the boat a few times for about 5 mins. each time. I finally took it out on the water for the first time and guess what! after 20 min. the boat started to over heat and got up to 220 before it backfied and I realized what was going on. the motor still runs great, but now what do I need to do? just replace the impellar with a full kit? or more? and I am very good with mech. so how much work is it?"
"Hi I recently purchases a 1978 olympic with a omc 185 stern drive engine model # 990252H and drive model# 981112. the previous owner moved to austrilia and his dad sold the boat for him. He told me that the flush out hose hookup was all you needed to run the boat on land. Even though I was concerned by this, I trusted him and I ran the boat a few times for about 5 mins. each time. I finally took it out on the water for the first time and guess what! after 20 min. the boat started to over heat and got up to 220 before it backfied and I realized what was going on. the motor still runs great, but now what do I need to do? just replace the impellar with a full kit? or more? and I am very good with mech. so how much work is it?"