FingerLaker
Seaman Apprentice
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- Oct 31, 2018
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For anyones that's interested, I solved the mystery pre-water this year on the blockage issue in my water exhaust ports I posted about last year; I would have preferred to update that post, but I can't see to find it. Last spring, I could see and feel some blockage in my ports, but had a pretty good spit from both sides, so I ran it all year with no apparent problems. I slated to resolve the mystery this spring, and with our poor weather keeping us with any real desire to be on the water yet, I delved in. Removing the boot cause a plastic sealer ring to fall out from the aft side of the boot, and the villian seems to have been the overheat the previous owner told me of, when detailing much of the rebuild he did, that likely makes this motor still run so well. He likely never noticed this: the water must have gotten hot enough at the overheat to melt some of the plastic ring right into the port holes, partly blocking them. See photos. Of course, maybe we should all check for these who have port-only water exhausts, since the other possibility is that this just happens slowly over time. The part is not easy to identify, and didn't appear on one blow-up diagram I looked at last year, though I need to refind that- but, If anyone has part source suggestions for this kind of thing it would be appreciated. For the time being, I sawed off the melted extrusions from the ring, and reinstalled; My only problem now is that it doesn't seem to seat properly, and a small portion of exhaust water leaks from below the boot. I may try to run for a bit like this, I don't believe a bit of water rising in the housing can hurt anything, it does slowly drain directly out. Just thought I'd post for anyone who wants to add this to their check-lists, its an easily overlooked thing.
