ForceRider
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- Aug 1, 2002
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HELP!!!! (Sorry, I have to tell you the long story before I ask my question).<br /><br />I had connected the rabbit ears to the lower housing. The garden hose was going through the garage side door to the yard where I was trying to adjust the idle speed on my 1987 Force 125. Someone parked a car in the garage over the garden hose cutting off water flow to the engine. I guess I ran the engine for about 2 minutes before I realized that the water supply had gotten cut off. I quickly turned off the engine, removed the spark plugs to vent the cylinders. After moving the culprit's vehicle, I reconnected the spark plugs and tried to start the engine and the temperature alarm sounded off as soon as I turned the key to "ON" position. I waited about ten minutes and the alarm still sounded. Making sure that the water was making it's way to the rabbit ears, I went ahead and started the engine hoping that water would cool off the engine. Sure enough, the alarm shut off and everything seemed to be back to normal.<br /><br />And now my question: How can I check if this incident caused any damage that may not be visible. The engine runs fine, the water pump seems to be pushing the water through. Is there anything I can do to check whether there was any damage done?<br /><br />Thank you in advance.<br />ForceRider