2006 15 HP Mariner no water out of telltale

[master11985]

I have purchased a 2006 15 HP Mariner 2 stroke. It has had its latest service at the marine mechanics . When I got it home I started it up an it won't pump water out of the telltale , only out of the exhaust . I've pulled the impeller an checked that , checked the thermostat. Tried putting wire up the telltale . I can only get the wire literally 8mm into the hole an it just stops . Any ideas . Don't really want to pull the engine down at this stage

 

[racerone]

Testing in a bucket?----Water MUST be at least 6" above the impeller.

 

[Tony Outboard]

Sounds very much like a blocked tell tale but if it’s just come back from a shop visit, call them and have them deal with it.

 

[master11985]

Testing in a bucket?----Water MUST be at least 6" above the impeller.

The pick up is underneath . Yes I've run in a bucket . Can't promise it was 6 inches above impeller though.

 

[master11985]

Sounds very much like a blocked tell tale but if it’s just come back from a shop visit, call them and have them deal with it.

It was done from the seller not myself so abit hard to go back to them

 

[racerone]

Water MUST be 6" above the impeller!!----These pumps are NOT self priming.

 

[master11985]

Water MUST be 6" above the impeller!!----These pumps are NOT self priming.

Ok thank you I will drop it in a big bucket so it's fully covered . Can you confirm the telltale is connected to the exhaust in anyway . As it seems to have a indent in the housing from the telltale hole towards the exhaust if that makes sense . I've also tried to blow air an also use a syringe back into the hole an it seems to go no where . I did pull the thermostat an pour water down the holes seems to have good flow towards exhaust . I'm so used to the telltale being connected to a hose inside the engine bay . This engine is all in the block ?

 

[Tony Outboard]

The tell tale isn’t directly connected to the exhaust, can you post up a picture of the back of the engine with the cowl removed, the thermostat housing should be at the back with a hose running down from there to the tell tale.

 

[master11985]

Defiantly no hose coming out of near the thermostat. Any outboard I've worked on always has a hose you can usually get to , to blow out etc on the telltale .

 

[Tony Outboard]

Ah OK, can you let us know the serial number of the engine ?

 

[master11985]

Hope this helps

 

[Tony Outboard]

Is it a saltwater engine ? Could well be salted up inside, I would either remove the exhaust cover and have a look to see what state the water passages are or you could turn the engine upsid ev down and put some salt remover down the tell tale (Wessex marine Proflush or Rydlyme) to see if that clears it.

 

[racerone]

That looks very much like a TOHATSU model.-----Water telltale is likely using internal passageway.-----Not easy to clean.

 

[Tony Outboard]

It is the Toh model

 

[master11985]

That looks very much like a TOHATSU model.-----Water telltale is likely using internal passageway.-----Not easy to clean.

Any advice on how to clean would be appreciated. I up ended the motor an ran some salt remover in pick up telltale etc . No luck unfortunately

 

[Tony Outboard]

Carefully remove the exhaust cover plate and start making your way through from there