hotrod53
Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Oct 16, 2009
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1977, Merc 500 Thunderbolt….I put a new impeller in at the beginning of last season. Today I fired it for the first time of the season in the river. I typically like to test fire in the river because this Merc doesn’t pee as well on muffs.
The Merc started right up and for the first little bit it didn’t pee at all. After a half of a minute I got a pee bubble out of the tell tale but it never got any stronger. I took it home and I stuck some weed wacker string in the pee hole, I didn’t sense any blockage. I fired it in the muffs in my driveway and I’m getting warm water out of the exhaust, but still no peeing. I even tried putting a few pounds of air into the pee hole, no change. The impeller was new last year, prior to that the impeller was about 7 years old with no issue.
What’s your thought, put it in the river and send it thinking the pee line will clear up, or rip it apart? With warm water coming out the exhaust, it’s got to be getting water.
The Merc started right up and for the first little bit it didn’t pee at all. After a half of a minute I got a pee bubble out of the tell tale but it never got any stronger. I took it home and I stuck some weed wacker string in the pee hole, I didn’t sense any blockage. I fired it in the muffs in my driveway and I’m getting warm water out of the exhaust, but still no peeing. I even tried putting a few pounds of air into the pee hole, no change. The impeller was new last year, prior to that the impeller was about 7 years old with no issue.
What’s your thought, put it in the river and send it thinking the pee line will clear up, or rip it apart? With warm water coming out the exhaust, it’s got to be getting water.
