I have been getting a 1977 70 HP, Johnson ready to put in the water, had trouble with it idleing and fixed that I think. Put in it a tub of water well over the top plate. Now it idles great and excerlates beyond expectations. Now my problem when idleing in the tub I see a stream of water out the front about 1/4 inch diameter a water spray of sorts out the side near the pivot point above the top skirt and what I think is the exhaust ports on the rear toward the bottom near what is now the water line. I see and feel exhaust out those tow holes and on an occasion either at idle or high idle there is erratic spurts of water. DO I have a cooling problem ? The engine doesn't seem to be overly warm after running for 10 to 15 minutes in the tub and seems to run perfect. Just curious on the cooling before putting it in the lake .
I found another post on some forum that the guy did a video on youtube and posted the results, mine has water at the same spots, Is this normal ?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdqA3zdWftY
I found another post on some forum that the guy did a video on youtube and posted the results, mine has water at the same spots, Is this normal ?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdqA3zdWftY