Okay fellas, ive been putting every extra penny I have into this fixer-upper and just when I thought I had it running for atleast this season it proved to me otherwise.
Aside from the engine being 24 years old it was running pretty good. Never had any problems out of it once it started. (the problems I had getting it started were fixed by having the starter rebuilt, replacing the battery cables, and replacing the spark plugs.) But, I messed up a few weeks ago and sucked up some grass covering the water intake. Didnt realize it until the engine was over heated, when I down throttled it died. I pulled the impeller out and luckily it was not damaged. The next time I took it out she ran but several times on acceleration she died, it was like she lost power, the engine just muffled lower slower until it died. I could idol all day, but once I went to accelerate it would die again. Slowly I opened her up and she ran for the rest of the trip. Then this past trip she gave me the same problems not far from launch but again they cleared up and I ran around fishing about an hour. On the last run towards home I opened her up WOT. I looked back and no water output. I leaned over and started down throttle and the engine died. Fearful I had seized it up i didnt even try to start it on the trollling in. Once I got home I inspected the impeller again and it was not ate up at all. I put the water hose up to the pipe running from the impeller housing into the engine and water ran out the water exhaust fine. I tried to start the engine with the lower unit removed and all she would do I spin, no fire.
Here are my questions:
1)What could of caused her to over heat that last trip? I was in salt water, not grass or weeds.
2)What damage could I have caused with the two overheating incidents that the engine will not fire now?
I would appreciate someone taking me under their wing and working throught this with me.
Aside from the engine being 24 years old it was running pretty good. Never had any problems out of it once it started. (the problems I had getting it started were fixed by having the starter rebuilt, replacing the battery cables, and replacing the spark plugs.) But, I messed up a few weeks ago and sucked up some grass covering the water intake. Didnt realize it until the engine was over heated, when I down throttled it died. I pulled the impeller out and luckily it was not damaged. The next time I took it out she ran but several times on acceleration she died, it was like she lost power, the engine just muffled lower slower until it died. I could idol all day, but once I went to accelerate it would die again. Slowly I opened her up and she ran for the rest of the trip. Then this past trip she gave me the same problems not far from launch but again they cleared up and I ran around fishing about an hour. On the last run towards home I opened her up WOT. I looked back and no water output. I leaned over and started down throttle and the engine died. Fearful I had seized it up i didnt even try to start it on the trollling in. Once I got home I inspected the impeller again and it was not ate up at all. I put the water hose up to the pipe running from the impeller housing into the engine and water ran out the water exhaust fine. I tried to start the engine with the lower unit removed and all she would do I spin, no fire.
Here are my questions:
1)What could of caused her to over heat that last trip? I was in salt water, not grass or weeds.
2)What damage could I have caused with the two overheating incidents that the engine will not fire now?
I would appreciate someone taking me under their wing and working throught this with me.
