flyfishingken
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Hello all, I have a brand new Tohatsu/Mercury 20 hp. I took it out of the box. Put some good fuel and oil in it and fired it up. I hooked up the hose to earmuffs and turned on the water first. After about 30 seconds I realized the motor wasn’t pumping water. There was air coming out of the hole but no water. I panicked and let it run for about another thirty seconds and then killed it. No alarms luckily the motor ran well. I turned the water on a lower pressure and tried it. The motor still didn’t pump so I shut if off immediately. Then I tried a higher pressure and the motor pumped water decently.
Im very concerned I literally already damaged the impeller. I know some outboards take a sec for the water to pump so that’s why I left it on for about 1 minute.
The motor never ran without water. How much damage did I already do to this brand new engine? I have to run it this weekend on a fishing trip so not much I can do there.
Thanks in advance.
Im very concerned I literally already damaged the impeller. I know some outboards take a sec for the water to pump so that’s why I left it on for about 1 minute.
The motor never ran without water. How much damage did I already do to this brand new engine? I have to run it this weekend on a fishing trip so not much I can do there.
Thanks in advance.