bscappell
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Mar 29, 2010
- Messages
- 132
Just got done swapping powerheads on a 1986 Evinrude crossflow. The powerhead is now a 1982. I used the ignition from the 1986 as the 1982 was a mess. I had rebuilt the water pump as well.
Started it up but no H20 flowing from tell tale. I had a "buddy" help me do the water pump so I checked that and sure enough the impeller key was busted and the new impeller was not installed correctly (twisted in clockwise and stead of counterclockwise) I brought the impeller to my local shop and to see if i needed a new one and they said it appeared to be in usable condition. Reinstalled properly and used plenty of soap to lube the impeller. tell tale worked!!!
well after about a minute the motor seemed to start running a little rough and the water coming out of the tell tale pulsed hot and warm. Motor was hot to the touch. A remote alarm of quick beeping started and I shut the engine down.
I assumed it was a overheat issue but looking into the audible warning of the system it appears that the beeping warning is a VRO or oil issue (VRO has been disabled). that doesn't make sense.
Be that as it may I am wondering if the impeller is shot, even though the shop thought it looked ok. Can the tell still work even if the impeller isn't functioning as it should?
Other ideas? What am i overlooking?
Started it up but no H20 flowing from tell tale. I had a "buddy" help me do the water pump so I checked that and sure enough the impeller key was busted and the new impeller was not installed correctly (twisted in clockwise and stead of counterclockwise) I brought the impeller to my local shop and to see if i needed a new one and they said it appeared to be in usable condition. Reinstalled properly and used plenty of soap to lube the impeller. tell tale worked!!!
well after about a minute the motor seemed to start running a little rough and the water coming out of the tell tale pulsed hot and warm. Motor was hot to the touch. A remote alarm of quick beeping started and I shut the engine down.
I assumed it was a overheat issue but looking into the audible warning of the system it appears that the beeping warning is a VRO or oil issue (VRO has been disabled). that doesn't make sense.
Be that as it may I am wondering if the impeller is shot, even though the shop thought it looked ok. Can the tell still work even if the impeller isn't functioning as it should?
Other ideas? What am i overlooking?