Eisboch wrote:
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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

Well, this was something like 30 seconds to one minute. I didn't look
at the clock. It was definitely much longer than it should take for
the telltale to show up based on my prior experience in winterizing my
motor. I don't remember how soon the telltale should show up right
after starting my motor. But when I see someone's past post about
seeing the telltale a few seconds after starting the motor, I have a
feeling that this is about right.

As mentioned in one of my reply, the old thermostat actually is not
broken. This means the thermostat has nothing to do with the "not
seeing telltale" problem. I really have no idea why the telltale
doesn't show up (the thermostat is OK, the impeller looks OK, the water
passage way in the powerhead and the telltale hose is not blocked...).
Now, my theory is that the water pump is missing the sealing ring on
top of the water pump housing, and the water goes all over the place
instead of going up to the powerhead. I will test this theory when I
get the lower unit back from the dealer. Hopefully, I can finish
winterizing the motor in this weekend.

Jay Chan