I just bought this motor and when I bought it the tell tale was not very strong. I cleaned out the hose and it was a bit clogged - problem solved or so I thought. Guy I bought it from said he just replaced impeller. Now 1 1/2 weeks later I finally get it to the cabin and on the boat and kind of forget the water stream problem. I go a couple hundred yards and remember and it was not streaming but a few hot drops. More water was coming out the exhaust in the back. It was putting out a little blue (not oil type)smoke and then killed. I did not attempt a restart. Is a motor shuting off a safety feature on these motors to prevent overheating or did I just fry the motor? Anyhow, I am thinking the water pump might just be shot. How does one test the pump? I plan to get a manual and start taking off the lower unit etc. in the next few days and any insight would be appreciated. Thanks!
Wasn't terrible at a state park beach. Antelope island maybe. I wouldn't recommend it as a beach destination tho. Figured I was there, I'm getting in it.
The water looked and smelled disgusting with hundreds of thousands of birds sh*tting in there. About as gross as the Salton Sea. When I duck hunted there I didn't even want to touch the water.
It's kinda gross with the algae in the summer but I got in it anyway. Wanted to see the increased bouyancy at work. You can kinda tuck yourself into a ball and you'll just float with your head above water. When dry off you look diamond encrusted with the salt.
We went to the flats too. I dipped a tire on the rental car onto it just to say I’ve been there,but it was still pretty soft from winter melt. After seeing some moron in a BMW suv get dragged out of the muck I had no intention of repeating his stupidity.
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I just bought this motor and when I bought it the tell tale was not very strong. I cleaned out the hose and it was a bit clogged - problem solved or so I thought. Guy I bought it from said he just replaced impeller. Now 1 1/2 weeks later I finally get it to the cabin and on the boat and kind of forget the water stream problem. I go a couple hundred yards and remember and it was not streaming but a few hot drops. More water was coming out the exhaust in the back. It was putting out a little blue (not oil type)smoke and then killed. I did not attempt a restart. Is a motor shuting off a safety feature on these motors to prevent overheating or did I just fry the motor? Anyhow, I am thinking the water pump might just be shot. How does one test the pump? I plan to get a manual and start taking off the lower unit etc. in the next few days and any insight would be appreciated. Thanks!
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