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overheating outboard

WORRZELL · 2013-05-20 21:20:17

Hi more trouble with my outboard I think it's overheating now. How do I know if the water is being pumped ?

20-05-2013 9:20pm

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WORRZELL

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Hi more trouble with my outboard I think it's overheating now. How do I know if the water is being pumped ?

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#2 20-05-2013 9:31pm

fergal.b

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Unless it's a small air cooled engine you should have a small pee hole at the back or side of your engine squirting out water like this.

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#3 21-05-2013 7:00am

WORRZELL

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Well it's a 30yamaha year 1980

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#4 21-05-2013 7:16am

fergal.b

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IF you start the engine on muffs you should also have water coming out of the prop and with the exhaust if not I would start by dropping the gearbox and checking the impeller if you don't know when it was last done, then once you know the pump is working you can look for a blockage.

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#5 21-05-2013 7:23am

WORRZELL

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Ye I had the muffs on it but can't remember any water coming out of the exhaust or anywhere else

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#6 21-05-2013 10:28am

breghall

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Put it in a tub of water and make sure that the water intake holes are covered over , that way you'll definetley know if it's pumpng or not.

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