On May 28, 3:33*am, wrote:
Those diagrams don't have the information you would need to answer the question intelligently or correctly.

Actually, the diagrams of the motor components were presented
primarily so Rick could get a look at the inner workings of the little
OB. They weren't meant to be a definitive problem-solver of any sort.


It wouldn't matter if it did. Simple logic alone says that if a
cooling telltale operates intermittantly when the engine is running
fine, it is completely useless as a telltale to warn you when there is
trouble.

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Only if one is putting all of one's marbles in the "tell-tale"
basket and assuming (perhaps correctly, perhaps incorrectly) there is
no other warning system that the motor is overheating. Perhaps there
could be a loud alarm when the temperature reaches critical levels or
maybe a microchip inside connected to an artificial voice device talks
to you in a very loud voice warning the operator of the imminent
danger or maybe there's an "idiot light" like on cars or (gasp) even
an gauge to monitor internal motor temps.

Is the following a fair analogy? In an automobile engine, when the
thermostat opens (indicating the water in the 'jacket' around the
engine is getting too hot and it's time to be cooled), it "pees" the
hot water back into the radiator to be cooled anew whereas, when the
outboard gets too hot, the thermostat opens and "pees" the water back
into the lake and the water pump of the outboard brings in new cool
water from the lake (in essence, the outboard motor's "radiator"),
just like the radiator sends cooled water to the engine jacket to
replace the water "peed" out by the thermostat, to keep the outboard
running at a normal operating temperature and preventing damage.

So, (just speculating here), if the little Suzuki operates the same
way, then water would NOT be coming out of the "pee holes" all the
time, would it? It would only be expelled when necessary (i.e., when
the internal thermostat said the water currently cooling the motor was
too hot to properly do its job and fresh, cooler water was needed.
Therefore, it would "pee" out the old and bring in fresh, cooler water
from the lake to replace it --- ONLY when necessary...thus the
"intermittent" ejection of water.

Just my attempt at "simple logic" as stated by the previous
author. Am I way off here in this stab at deductive reasoning?

-Jay