countryguy1717
Seaman
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- Apr 19, 2013
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I know it was stupid of me, but I had my inboard mercruiser 350 hooked up to the fake-a-lake, ran it for a few minutes. Then I turned the boat off, and the hose while I took care of some other things. Anyways I went back to the boat afterwards to run it again, started it. Did a few things in the boat probably 5 minutes... jumped out and realized I forgot to turn the hose back on. I immediately shut the boat off, temp was about 190. I let it sit for about 15 minutes while I turned the hose back on and started it back up, temp was about 160.
So now my question is this. I know its bad to dry run the boat. What do I need to look for? I'm assuming I need to change the impeller. I assume running it that long without water probably tore the rubber to pieces. Do I need to worry about small pieces going through the cooling system? Its dark now so I can't take the raw water pump apart to inspect it. Any chance the impeller is ok and I did no damage?
So now my question is this. I know its bad to dry run the boat. What do I need to look for? I'm assuming I need to change the impeller. I assume running it that long without water probably tore the rubber to pieces. Do I need to worry about small pieces going through the cooling system? Its dark now so I can't take the raw water pump apart to inspect it. Any chance the impeller is ok and I did no damage?