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I only ran the motor at low speed for a minute without the telltale
(and it ran fine last year when I winterize it). I don't see any paint
peeling off from the motor yet. I guess it should be fine. I will see
when I try to winterize it in the coming weekend or the next weekend.

Jay Chan


I don't know if you actually ran it for a full minute or just for a "little
bit" of time.
The reason I mention it is that I recall that water flowing from the
telltale doesn't happen right away when you start the engine. It takes some
time (don't know the exact period and probably varies from engine to engine)
for the water pump to get the water up to the head and out the exhaust and
telltale. I know my outboards would initially run for (guessing) 10-15
seconds before the telltale started flowing.

Eisboch