Clean to you and clean to me are two different things. You can wipe the dirt with a q-tip, its not clean. A little hard for me to see damage unless it's cleaned and dry. Brake clean and a wipe down isn't to hard.
Nice. I should be hunting right now! Been rather busy with life, I’m going to setup my ground blind next week.
sit on the couch all day, they call ya lazy. Sit in the blind all day, they call you an active warrior! Lol
I have an old 17.5 chapparal. !983, mercruiser 120. She's beat and at the end of life. It will do about 35 mph by myself, with two onboard, it's about 30. If I put the proper prop on it may do better but it's going away next spring. I bent the prop that was on it before I had a chance to test...
Neighbors pontoon motor was doing the same thing. I cheched it over but with it being an injected motor, i'm old school. Couldn't figure it out, the telltale was pumping strong. He took it to a dealer, they changed the impeller. Problem solved. Who knew? Old dog learning new things.....
Wondering if there is a airleak somewhere before the pump. Or was it possible that you picked up some debris on the out drive while on the lake. Hope we figure this out. Are the external hoses in good shape?
edit. You posted that^^ while I was responding. Hhhmmm. Never saw one damaged like that.
Had a customer several years ago that had the same issue. He brought the boat to us and I had a heck of a time figuring it out. Fine on hose, not on lake. I finally told him it could be the pump itself. I even had the clear hose on the output side of the pump, No air bubbles. After replacing the...
yeah, I don't buy cheap carbs. I did once. It was a total failure. I rebuild carbs myself so I don't know why I did that. lol Afer rebuilding properly, it ran like a champ. Did you change the filter at the carb itself? The one where the line goes into the carb.
Appears the seals are leaking on the pump itself. You say freshwater, but salt? So you run in saltwater, and indeed that would be saltwater coming out of the pump.
I haven't done this paticular job yet, but will follow along and watch the progress. Bondo is right, pull the drive so you do not damage anything, and at that point you can service/inspect the bellows and gimbal along with alignment before lifting and after.
Shouldn’t be condensation I would not think. Mine has breather tubes though. Mine also has cracks that someone patched with jb, which cracked also, I’m having them welded though. Every fall when I pull the toon I remove the drain plugs and it’s dry.
