1988 evinrude 20hp water coming from exhaust

[bowfisher2636]

I have noticed excess water coming from I'm guessing my exhaust port the boat is peeing water like normal and running at normal temp but seems to have a lot of excess water coming from the two holes any ideas? Possiably A bad powerhead to case gasket?

 

[racerone]

Sounds normal to me.-----Is the thermostat installed and working properly ?

 

[kbait]

After thermostat opens, cooling water exits powerhead and falls in front of those exhaust relief ports, and some gets pushed out, the rest exits down below..so totally normal. The pee stream water doesn't pass through powerhead..it just shows you that the pump is indeed pumping TO the powerhead. Hope I was clear enough..

 

[F_R]

That motor has a water pressure relief valve. So water flows even if the thermostat is closed.

 

[bowfisher2636]

Just making sure I have noticed over the last year it seems more is coming out than it did last year

 

[crazy charlie]

have you recently replaced the impeller in the lower?? The more water "Spitting " out the exhaust usually means the impeller is pumping well.