It was all cleaned on Friday. Water was coming out of the normal places but not the tell tale. It was Yamaha that told me there was no water coming out of the tell tail.They plug with weeds and dirt.----Clean the hose and fitting.
It was Yamaha that told me there was no water coming out of the tell tail.
Hi Dubs, it was a dealer. They told me what it could possibly be and after service and diagnostics, it showed there was no problems on the print out sheets. All tubes are clear, water is circulating through the diode and thermostat, but not tell tale. The dealers told me the cost to put right, and what it could be. It would take 4 1/2 hours to strip the motor down. The dealer also told me that it would still be o.k to take out as it is and should the motor over heat, there are sensors that would put it in limp mode. Yes, the motor has been stood up a while and possibly some shale could be blocking it. I'm just wondering when the Yamaha dealer did the service on Friday, did they take all the tubes off from where the water spurts out, especially to the the tell tale outlet. If they did, they would have seen where the blockage was.The manufacturer or a Yamaha dealer?
Either way, its odd that the motor would be returned to a customer after service with a known issue. Especially one as simple/important as a tell tale not working
Like post #2 says, often times especially after layup the tell tale port in the cowl gets clogged with debris. Easy fix, again strange that the manufacturer/dealer/service center couldn't figure it out. Highly questionable service
Hi DubsHi Dubs, it was a dealer. They told me what it could possibly be and after service and diagnostics, it showed there was no problems on the print out sheets. All tubes are clear, water is circulating through the diode and thermostat, but not tell tale. The dealers told me the cost to put right, and what it could be. It would take 4 1/2 hours to strip the motor down. The dealer also told me that it would still be o.k to take out as it is and should the motor over heat, there are sensors that would put it in limp mode. Yes, the motor has been stood up a while and possibly some shale could be blocking it. I'm just wondering when the Yamaha dealer did the service on Friday, did they take all the tubes off from where the water spurts out, especially to the the tell tale outlet. If they did, they would have seen where the blockage was.
I had more or less stopped working the last time I took the boat out before the service. I did flush the engine when I brought it home, but nothing was coming from the tell tale.Was it working before you took it in for routine service?
My neighbour has a compressor, I see if he'll hook it up to give it a good blow. Your comments are valuable to me, Thanks.Hi Dubs
The dealer told me that there's nothing in the rubber hoses that leads from the block to the tell tale. They reckon there could be a build up of salt inside the water passage block. To clean the water passage block is the only way to clear the blockage. As I explained earlier, the water is circulating around the engine but not coming out through the tell tale. I've put lines in the rubber hoses and there's no blockage. I think the water passage block has got to be taken apart to clean the debris away that's causing this problem.
I prefer to have the motor running on muffs when I do this hoping for what ever is blocking the flow gets moved around and out the exhaust with the rest of the water flow.My neighbour has a compressor, I see if he'll hook it up to give it a good blow. Your comments are valuable to me, Thanks.
