travelinlight
Cadet
- Joined
- May 21, 2010
- Messages
- 11
I hit a sand bar yesterday, and now I obviously have a ton of sand coming out of the prop area when I flush the motor and I can hear it behind the prop when I turn it. Should I just keep flushing it until it stops coming out, should I take off the prop. I have never had this problem before. I am just praying that it did not get up in the lower unit. Also after this happened when I got unstuck I tried to start the boat and it made a horrible grinding noise so I opened it up and looked at the starter and the teeth on the bendix gear were all worn down. This is a new starter only about a month old. Can anyone give me some information on if the starter is connected with having sand in the prop or if it is something else. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Brian
Brian