Thompsoncustom
Petty Officer 3rd Class
- Joined
- Aug 22, 2015
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- 79
I was out last night and my Johnson 6hp started acting up and wouldn't get above idle so I shut it off and just used the trolling motor to get back to the dock.
Today I blow out the high speed jet and cleaned the fuel filter thinking it was a fuel issue. So I put it in a bucket and it started up and ran fine but I noticed there was Zero water coming out the exhaust so it must have been over heating.
Im new to outboards but I got the lower unit pulled apart and the rubber impeller out thinking the water pump must be destroyed but the impeller looks fine to me.
So my question is now what? Where do I go from here? I'm guessing its full of sand somewhere but not sure how to go about cleaning it out. I can pop stuff apart and take pictures if that would help. Thanks
Today I blow out the high speed jet and cleaned the fuel filter thinking it was a fuel issue. So I put it in a bucket and it started up and ran fine but I noticed there was Zero water coming out the exhaust so it must have been over heating.
Im new to outboards but I got the lower unit pulled apart and the rubber impeller out thinking the water pump must be destroyed but the impeller looks fine to me.
So my question is now what? Where do I go from here? I'm guessing its full of sand somewhere but not sure how to go about cleaning it out. I can pop stuff apart and take pictures if that would help. Thanks