HighTrim
Supreme Mariner
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- Jun 21, 2007
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Took the motor to the water on the weekend for a test run, worst weekend ever, lol. Bearing on trailer wheel blew apart first of all, had to change axle on the side of the highway since old bearing seized up on shaft, 
Finally got to the water and the motor was difficult to start under load, starts much quicker on the muffs, considering PP then tried spraying some wd 40 into the large red umbillical cord plug and she fired. Only problem is overheated pretty quick at idle while loading her up, so I pulled her back on the trailer. It got to the red zone after about 5 minutes at idle and was much too hot to the touch. Ive changed the impeller, t stats, I feel like Im not getting enough water though so will be dropping lu tomorrow to check the intake and water line for obstructions. The water discharge nipple at the back of the exhaust for spent water was plugged, removed nipple and still very weak spurt of water. Guess I should also check on the head gasket eh?? I retorqued all the head bolts b4 going to the water and noticed they were a few pounds undertorqued.
Finally got to the water and the motor was difficult to start under load, starts much quicker on the muffs, considering PP then tried spraying some wd 40 into the large red umbillical cord plug and she fired. Only problem is overheated pretty quick at idle while loading her up, so I pulled her back on the trailer. It got to the red zone after about 5 minutes at idle and was much too hot to the touch. Ive changed the impeller, t stats, I feel like Im not getting enough water though so will be dropping lu tomorrow to check the intake and water line for obstructions. The water discharge nipple at the back of the exhaust for spent water was plugged, removed nipple and still very weak spurt of water. Guess I should also check on the head gasket eh?? I retorqued all the head bolts b4 going to the water and noticed they were a few pounds undertorqued.