Douglasdzaster
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- Sep 11, 2020
- Messages
- 315
Hello everyone, Thought I had fixed this problem due to water getting in the cowling. That’s fixed and no water in there today.
when I run wot , after about 5 minutes the engine starts slowing down and the red warning light comes on. I let it idle about a minute and the light goes off. I forgot to take my temperature gun with me today but I felt the water coming from the tell tale and it felt pretty hot. Engine is peeing at idle and wot. I was wondering if maybe not enough? Can the impeller get weak? If so what do I look for while inspecting it? It’s a fresh water engine and that’s what I’m running it in.
Im going outside now to check the thermostat before pulling the lower unit. All the parts are less than a year old. Complete water pump etc. however I did run the engine in a tank while doing other work on it. This was before I was told to always use muffs. Could I have damaged the impeller with the exhaust water circulating ? Oh and if I had a plug fouling wouldn’t it be missing all the time instead of after wot for 5 minutes? Just trying to cover everything folks. Any help/guidance is greatly appreciated. Maybe my buddy SeaRider will see this.
when I run wot , after about 5 minutes the engine starts slowing down and the red warning light comes on. I let it idle about a minute and the light goes off. I forgot to take my temperature gun with me today but I felt the water coming from the tell tale and it felt pretty hot. Engine is peeing at idle and wot. I was wondering if maybe not enough? Can the impeller get weak? If so what do I look for while inspecting it? It’s a fresh water engine and that’s what I’m running it in.
Im going outside now to check the thermostat before pulling the lower unit. All the parts are less than a year old. Complete water pump etc. however I did run the engine in a tank while doing other work on it. This was before I was told to always use muffs. Could I have damaged the impeller with the exhaust water circulating ? Oh and if I had a plug fouling wouldn’t it be missing all the time instead of after wot for 5 minutes? Just trying to cover everything folks. Any help/guidance is greatly appreciated. Maybe my buddy SeaRider will see this.