Hello,
After a day on the water yesterday we came home and did our thing, flushing the engine and cleaning the boat.
I was inside when my other half started the flush cycle (muffs, per our certified Yamaha tech). He told me it took a little bit for it to start peeing through the tell tale hole, but it was peeing. We proceeded to soap up the boat and then I heard a light buzzing sound. I shut off the engine, as I was thinking it was the overheat warning sensor.
Other half checked the muffs and made sure the water hose valve was all the way up. We then restarted the engine and waited (for what seemed like forever but was maybe a minute or less), and no water was coming through the tell tale hole. So I turned it off, other half ran weed wacker line up the pee hole to try and clear it, I waited a few and then restarted it again. Still no water through the tell tale after 10 or so seconds, so I shut it off.
I also ran the weed wacker line up myself a few times, all the way through until it stopped. I did not try running it again after that, though. By that point I was too afraid to start it again and cause damage (hoping we didn't already!)
The alarm only went off that one time.
We then flushed through the flush port on the side since we had only been able to flush on the muffs for maybe 5 minutes.
We usually flush it for 15 minutes on the muffs after use, per our Tech 's and other's recommendations.
We run in saltwater, and do go to sandbars.
We have approximately 40 or so hours on the engine. It's a 2016 Yamaha 150XB.
We just had annual service done, and changed the impeller, waterpumpw, oil, etc. which was all done by a Yamaha Master Certified Tech. We have now used it twice since this annual service was done.
I suppose it's possible it got clogged at the sandbar yesterday.. because we just had it serviced and it's a new impeller, pump, etc.
Any thoughts on what our problem could be? Any suggestions on what someone like me, with no experience could easily do?
I'm not afraid to bring it to the shop and pay to get whatever it is corrected, but if it's something silly i'd like to avoid that.
Thank you!
After a day on the water yesterday we came home and did our thing, flushing the engine and cleaning the boat.
I was inside when my other half started the flush cycle (muffs, per our certified Yamaha tech). He told me it took a little bit for it to start peeing through the tell tale hole, but it was peeing. We proceeded to soap up the boat and then I heard a light buzzing sound. I shut off the engine, as I was thinking it was the overheat warning sensor.
Other half checked the muffs and made sure the water hose valve was all the way up. We then restarted the engine and waited (for what seemed like forever but was maybe a minute or less), and no water was coming through the tell tale hole. So I turned it off, other half ran weed wacker line up the pee hole to try and clear it, I waited a few and then restarted it again. Still no water through the tell tale after 10 or so seconds, so I shut it off.
I also ran the weed wacker line up myself a few times, all the way through until it stopped. I did not try running it again after that, though. By that point I was too afraid to start it again and cause damage (hoping we didn't already!)
The alarm only went off that one time.
We then flushed through the flush port on the side since we had only been able to flush on the muffs for maybe 5 minutes.
We usually flush it for 15 minutes on the muffs after use, per our Tech 's and other's recommendations.
We run in saltwater, and do go to sandbars.
We have approximately 40 or so hours on the engine. It's a 2016 Yamaha 150XB.
We just had annual service done, and changed the impeller, waterpumpw, oil, etc. which was all done by a Yamaha Master Certified Tech. We have now used it twice since this annual service was done.
I suppose it's possible it got clogged at the sandbar yesterday.. because we just had it serviced and it's a new impeller, pump, etc.
Any thoughts on what our problem could be? Any suggestions on what someone like me, with no experience could easily do?
I'm not afraid to bring it to the shop and pay to get whatever it is corrected, but if it's something silly i'd like to avoid that.
Thank you!
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