eeboater
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The wife and I went out last Saturday to have dinner on the water. We like to pick up subs from Cousins, weigh anchor on the water and chow down.<br /><br />Well, last saturday we went through our regular routine for getting on the water. I idled out of the ramp and was slowly heading to the middle of the lake. Once I was away from traffic and the no-wake zone I decided to get up on plane to clean out the ole' 2-barrell. <br /><br />As I came up, the boat started shaking/clunking and then I smelled a burning smell. Immediately I brought her down and my eyes went straight to the temp guage. I was running hot - 200 Degrees hot. That was about 50 deg. more than I usually run after the boat had warmed up. Nervous about being in distress on the water, I slowly idled back to the courtesy dock so I could examine my boat. Watched the temp guage closely so I knew that there I wasn't doing serious harm.<br /><br />When I got to the dock I went through the normal procedure to check for overheating. Naturally, I first checked the outdrive. As I raised the O/D I saw my problem. Some submerged vegetation had severely wrapped itself around my outdrive and plugged my cold-water intake holes. <br /><br />I let her cool down for a little while - fired her up and she ran great!<br /><br />There has always been submerged vegetation on this lake, but since mid-summer has come around it has started growing in the area directly behind the launch ramp.<br /><br /><br />Sean
