"Charlie Brown" wrote in message
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I had a brain fart and started the motor and it ran for literally less
than one second while the motor was tilted up. I immediately realized
my mistake and cut motor off. Motor is brand new, E-tec 90.

Is there likely to be any impeller issues?


Contrary to the opinions you are getting here, your new E-tec 90 is now
toast.
Running it without water, even for a couple of nano-seconds overheats the
flabble regulator and causes the eprom in the main stem to loose all bubble
memory. This is explicitly spelled out in the fine print of your manual and
any claims for warranty repair will be rejected. Just ask Karen.




I had just been idling away from a fishing spot and my fishfinder
shallow warning went off. No sooner did it beep and I could feel the
prop hitting something. I had tilted motor up to inspect and forgot
to put it back down. Bent up my prop pretty good, must have been a
rock or a stump. Only the 3rd time out with new motor. Bummer. I
took the prop off and straigtened it as best I could, guess I should
go buy a new one and keep this one as a spare for an emergency.

Good idea. It's going to cause vibration. Seems like we all get "spare"
props this way at one time or another. And obviously, just kidding about
your flabble regulator. Actually, they will survive several nano-seconds
without water without permanent damage.

RCE