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We went to the lake yesterday, the first time out for the year. We made a run around the lake, and then went to a couple of coves for fishng.
Afterwards, we went to the marina to eat, and then went out for some tubing with the boyz.
While pulling the boyz on the tube, a alarm went off intermittedly.
I noticed that the temp. guage went up to between 175, and 200. It wouldn't stay up at the 200 degree mark, it would drop back down to 175. It changed back and forth.
I loaded it up and came home.
On the opposite side of the prop, on the lower unit, there is a hole, about 1/8" in diameter. It was plugged. I cleaned it out with a toothpick.
Could this have been the problem, or is it something else ??
This is a 2006 5.0 Mercruiser carburated unit. 220 h.p.
(When I loaded the boat up, it only has 23.4 hours on it).
Afterwards, we went to the marina to eat, and then went out for some tubing with the boyz.
While pulling the boyz on the tube, a alarm went off intermittedly.
I noticed that the temp. guage went up to between 175, and 200. It wouldn't stay up at the 200 degree mark, it would drop back down to 175. It changed back and forth.
I loaded it up and came home.
On the opposite side of the prop, on the lower unit, there is a hole, about 1/8" in diameter. It was plugged. I cleaned it out with a toothpick.
Could this have been the problem, or is it something else ??
This is a 2006 5.0 Mercruiser carburated unit. 220 h.p.
(When I loaded the boat up, it only has 23.4 hours on it).
