Wills.WindowsAndWheels
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Hey everyone,
I have a VIP Vindicator, 454 Mercruiser engine with a Bravo I out drive.
I recently did the impeller and the impeller housing as well as the circulating water pump (replaced them). Also changed the outdrive and the main motor oil. Everything was reconnected and looked good.
Went out on the lake a few days later, boat fired right up (this was our first time on the lake in about 8-10 months).
Took it slow at first and everything seemed to be good, so we kicked it up and leveled off at around 35...Thermostat read at about 1/2 so it seemed good.
Only ran it about 5 minutes at that speed, then coasted into a cove and was doing a little fishing.
All the sudden about 15 or 20 minutes later, the bilge pump kicked on and spit out some water. This had NEVER happened before. Lifted up the seat to look into the engine compartment and could hear water trickling down. Couldn't pin point where it was coming from...so we just went real slow back to unload the boat.
Took it out and pulled the plug and a ton of water came flowing out where before we would NEVER have water come out, maybe a few drips but never any type of stream, let alone all the water we saw this time.
So we got it home today, hooked it up to the hose w/the muffs and started it up....looked closely to see if any leaking was going on and saw nothing..let the motor run a good 7-10 minutes too, but nothing could be seen dripping, and no water ever came out of the drain plug. Our mechanic friend came over to look and said the seals on the pump looked good and dry and could see nothing leaking from the hoses!
SOOO, now what? Any ideas on why this happened or what it could be? We are thinking about putting in a new drain plug. Also, could of we put the prop back on incorrectly when changing the out drive oil? The boat RAN fine but just wondering if maybe the nut isn't tight enough (i dont even know if any water comes in thru the prop...?)
Any ideas/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all for your help.
I have a VIP Vindicator, 454 Mercruiser engine with a Bravo I out drive.
I recently did the impeller and the impeller housing as well as the circulating water pump (replaced them). Also changed the outdrive and the main motor oil. Everything was reconnected and looked good.
Went out on the lake a few days later, boat fired right up (this was our first time on the lake in about 8-10 months).
Took it slow at first and everything seemed to be good, so we kicked it up and leveled off at around 35...Thermostat read at about 1/2 so it seemed good.
Only ran it about 5 minutes at that speed, then coasted into a cove and was doing a little fishing.
All the sudden about 15 or 20 minutes later, the bilge pump kicked on and spit out some water. This had NEVER happened before. Lifted up the seat to look into the engine compartment and could hear water trickling down. Couldn't pin point where it was coming from...so we just went real slow back to unload the boat.
Took it out and pulled the plug and a ton of water came flowing out where before we would NEVER have water come out, maybe a few drips but never any type of stream, let alone all the water we saw this time.
So we got it home today, hooked it up to the hose w/the muffs and started it up....looked closely to see if any leaking was going on and saw nothing..let the motor run a good 7-10 minutes too, but nothing could be seen dripping, and no water ever came out of the drain plug. Our mechanic friend came over to look and said the seals on the pump looked good and dry and could see nothing leaking from the hoses!
SOOO, now what? Any ideas on why this happened or what it could be? We are thinking about putting in a new drain plug. Also, could of we put the prop back on incorrectly when changing the out drive oil? The boat RAN fine but just wondering if maybe the nut isn't tight enough (i dont even know if any water comes in thru the prop...?)
Any ideas/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all for your help.