Theoutdoorsman
Senior Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Mar 6, 2003
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Fired this rebuild up today for the first time. Was surprised to see it start so quickly!!!! While running, I noticed a small water leak coming from the tale tell nipple coming out of the exhaust housing. Got that problem fixed right away. After restarting, I noticed the lower cowling still had water flowing into it. Imediately I checked, with my hand, the temperature of the heads to insure everything felt nice and cool to the touch. Problem is, the starboard side was considerably hotter than the port side, which felt great!!! I'm going to let things cool down a bit before attempting to restart the powerhead and look for the source of the leak. My guess would be that I have a problem with the thermostats or the thermostat housing. But then again, I noticed a small stream of water spraying from between the lower unit and the exhaust housing, right where the two meet. While I'm allowing things to cool down, anyone have any ideas? I also might add, because the service manual didn't call for it, I didn't add gasket sealer to the powerhead to exhaust gasket. Could this be my problem source? On the upside of things, It sounded great!!! d
EDIT: I also want to add, my water pressure guage is showing 5 psi at an idle, on the hose. Is this normal or should I have consideraby more than this?
EDIT: I also want to add, my water pressure guage is showing 5 psi at an idle, on the hose. Is this normal or should I have consideraby more than this?