The other day I was idling and
The other day I was idling and starboard engine over heated. The warning alarm sounded so I shut down. I had a history of a loose belt (never seem to have a second man to help get it tight as I want) so I started back up cooling a while and gave gas out of gear and the temp started to go back down. I motored to dock 20 minutes no problem. I thought that was sign I needed to get down into engine room and tighten belt. Same thing the next day out. Procrastinated doing anything because I winterize end of December.
Yesterday I over heated and no trick I knew would bring down the temp. I checked the belt and even though it’s a bit looser then I like its moving the pump pulley. I opened the sea strainer and its got access to the water (no clogs).
What to check next? I could disconnect the water hose from the sea strainer and see if it picking up the water from a 5 gal bucket…
Could thing be the thermostat that I neglected to inspect this spring?
It’s a tight pain to get to the pump to check the impeller. I was hoping to fish December and deal with the impeller in Jan...
The other day I was idling and starboard engine over heated. The warning alarm sounded so I shut down. I had a history of a loose belt (never seem to have a second man to help get it tight as I want) so I started back up cooling a while and gave gas out of gear and the temp started to go back down. I motored to dock 20 minutes no problem. I thought that was sign I needed to get down into engine room and tighten belt. Same thing the next day out. Procrastinated doing anything because I winterize end of December.
Yesterday I over heated and no trick I knew would bring down the temp. I checked the belt and even though it’s a bit looser then I like its moving the pump pulley. I opened the sea strainer and its got access to the water (no clogs).
What to check next? I could disconnect the water hose from the sea strainer and see if it picking up the water from a 5 gal bucket…
Could thing be the thermostat that I neglected to inspect this spring?
It’s a tight pain to get to the pump to check the impeller. I was hoping to fish December and deal with the impeller in Jan...