Hey guys.. Im new here, I just recently purchsed my first boat, a 1987 20ft proline cc with a 225 evinrude vro. I do not know what year it is. It appears that someone has removed the tag and numbers and I cant find a model number anywhere on this thing. Its gotta be late 80's early 90's though.. its got dark blue paint and vents on the cowling if that tells you anything.
When i brought the boat home and put the motor on the water hose the "pee" stream seemed weak to me, just not very much pressure at all. Also the port side head was noticeably hotter to the touch than the starboard side. So i bought a water pump impeller and changed it out. I dont belive there was anything wrong with the one that was in there ,it looked almost brand new. And after swapping it out the "pee" stream didnt really get any better. I pulled the Thermostats and blew out all the rubber hoses to clear any blockage. I have no temp or pressure gauge and Im not sure if this thing has a tempature alarm or not but its never gone off.
Anyways i put it in the lake and ran it and it did great. Got it home and put it back on the hose and running it in the lake must have cleared out the cooling system because now both heads feel about the same temp, luke warm is a good way to explain it. But it still didnt pee very hard..
So this past weekend I took it out to the gulf for a insore fishing trip. The motor did great all day untill I was coming in and noticed there was no water coming out the pee hole. I did get up in some shallow water and churned up some mud and grass so i figured it got in the intake and clogged it up. When i got it home on the hose, i ran a wire up the pee hole, pulled the hoses off the thermostat housings and im not getting any water coming out anywhere. There is water coming out of the exhast hub though and the motor is running very cool to the touch. I guess my question is.. where do i start.. Im not really sure where i need to look for the clogging or if thats even the case..
Sorry for such a long post, just wanted to give as much info as i could. Any help at all is apreciated.
When i brought the boat home and put the motor on the water hose the "pee" stream seemed weak to me, just not very much pressure at all. Also the port side head was noticeably hotter to the touch than the starboard side. So i bought a water pump impeller and changed it out. I dont belive there was anything wrong with the one that was in there ,it looked almost brand new. And after swapping it out the "pee" stream didnt really get any better. I pulled the Thermostats and blew out all the rubber hoses to clear any blockage. I have no temp or pressure gauge and Im not sure if this thing has a tempature alarm or not but its never gone off.
Anyways i put it in the lake and ran it and it did great. Got it home and put it back on the hose and running it in the lake must have cleared out the cooling system because now both heads feel about the same temp, luke warm is a good way to explain it. But it still didnt pee very hard..
So this past weekend I took it out to the gulf for a insore fishing trip. The motor did great all day untill I was coming in and noticed there was no water coming out the pee hole. I did get up in some shallow water and churned up some mud and grass so i figured it got in the intake and clogged it up. When i got it home on the hose, i ran a wire up the pee hole, pulled the hoses off the thermostat housings and im not getting any water coming out anywhere. There is water coming out of the exhast hub though and the motor is running very cool to the touch. I guess my question is.. where do i start.. Im not really sure where i need to look for the clogging or if thats even the case..
Sorry for such a long post, just wanted to give as much info as i could. Any help at all is apreciated.
