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Outboard - water from wrong place?
While winterizing my Johnson 15 hp outboard yesterday, I noticed water
coming from a place that I didn't recall it coming from last time I did this. That was 4 years ago - the dealer's done it in the intervening years. Here's a pictu http://photobucket.com/albums/c197/a...t=Motor_02.jpg Look in the red circle. Is that normal? When the boat's in the water, I get quite a bit of spray from that spot, aimed forward at the transom. Meanwhile, the drive unit grease looked perfect - almost the same color as the new stuff. |
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Outboard - water from wrong place?
I'm not an expert on this but it looks like a water tube has sprung a leak.
Any water coming from the teltale or thru the prop? "Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... While winterizing my Johnson 15 hp outboard yesterday, I noticed water coming from a place that I didn't recall it coming from last time I did this. That was 4 years ago - the dealer's done it in the intervening years. Here's a pictu http://photobucket.com/albums/c197/a...t=Motor_02.jpg Look in the red circle. Is that normal? When the boat's in the water, I get quite a bit of spray from that spot, aimed forward at the transom. Meanwhile, the drive unit grease looked perfect - almost the same color as the new stuff. |
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Outboard - water from wrong place?
Nothing from the prop. What's the teltale?
"JIMinFL" wrote in message ink.net... I'm not an expert on this but it looks like a water tube has sprung a leak. Any water coming from the teltale or thru the prop? "Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... While winterizing my Johnson 15 hp outboard yesterday, I noticed water coming from a place that I didn't recall it coming from last time I did this. That was 4 years ago - the dealer's done it in the intervening years. Here's a pictu http://photobucket.com/albums/c197/a...t=Motor_02.jpg Look in the red circle. Is that normal? When the boat's in the water, I get quite a bit of spray from that spot, aimed forward at the transom. Meanwhile, the drive unit grease looked perfect - almost the same color as the new stuff. |
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Outboard - water from wrong place?
Doug Kanter wrote: Nothing from the prop. What's the teltale? Doug, the telltale is the pee stream, indicating that the water pump is circulating water. |
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Outboard - water from wrong place?
wrote in message oups.com... Doug Kanter wrote: Nothing from the prop. What's the teltale? Doug, the telltale is the pee stream, indicating that the water pump is circulating water. That's working fine. And, according to the manual, this motor's got a thing that limits RPMs if it overheats. It's never happened (in case this is a clue that's worth anything). |
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Outboard - water from wrong place?
"Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... While winterizing my Johnson 15 hp outboard yesterday, I noticed water coming from a place that I didn't recall it coming from last time I did this. That was 4 years ago - the dealer's done it in the intervening years. Here's a pictu http://photobucket.com/albums/c197/a...t=Motor_02.jpg Look in the red circle. Is that normal? When the boat's in the water, I get quite a bit of spray from that spot, aimed forward at the transom. Meanwhile, the drive unit grease looked perfect - almost the same color as the new stuff. Looks like maybe the seal for the water tube up the leg is leaking. If it is like a Mariner / Yamaha there is a water tube that goes from the power head to the water pump and on top of the water pump is a rubber donut type seal that the tube goes in to, or there could be a leak in the tube. Might be time to pull the foot and check the impeller and look at the seals. |
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