iamslotman
Cadet
- Joined
- Jul 31, 2010
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We bought a 2001 boat 2 years ago and it has been great until now. It started running hot after 5000 rpm and would break up at high speeds. It never overheated but did reach 3/4 on the temp guage when it was breaking up. A marina looked at it and changed the impeller and water pump housing as well as the T-stats. They cleaned out some water ports that had sucked up debris. He said the motor was actually a 1994 Ocean Pro based on the serial number. The water pressure pumping out went much higher than ever before. We took it out again and it did the same thing. Ran cool until we planed out and then the temp started climbing. We put it into neutral and it stalled. Then nothing but a click when we tried to restart. We got towed in and replaced the battery with no improvement. If I put the boat in gear, I can turn the prop a full turn, but when I try to crank it, it turns slowly to about where it was and stops cranking again. Can a defective starter do this or am I more likely looking at major engine repair? I really don't have thousands to put into another engine. Should I remove the starter and have it bench tested? Can I turn over the motor manually to see if it's free once I remove the starter? Could anything that was done in replacing the water pump and housing have come undone to cause this problem? thanks for listening.....