Hannibal
Well-known member
Once again, when I think everything is doing good, God mocks me ................... (in jest of course).
Anyhow, went out cruising Satursday. Boat was running great. I eliminated the beeping issue previously posted about and things couldn't have been more peaceful. Did some cruising around 30mph up and down the river before slowing her down to around 8-10 mph so the kids could actually stand up inside the cuddy without much issue.
After doing this for about 20 minutes, we decided to high-tail it back up river for once last cruise through before trailering up. I took her up to about 5800 rpms and trimmed it up and got on our way. About 3 minutes into this - my system check gives me a loud and long beep. I look down at the gauge and the bulb for Check Engine is lit up. I slow the boat way down and eventually kill the motor.
I walk to the back of the boat to look it over and my first go to was the "pee stream" to see how it was doing. It wasn't doing. I was getting a slow trickle with very hot water. I trimmed the motor up and looked for a clogged intake but it was good to go. As such, we sat there for about 30 minutes to let things cool off. Keep in mind - the "hot" bulb didn't light up and I am still without a working "temp" gauge (hasn't been delivered).
After 30 minutes, I started her up and put-putted back to the marina (thankfully we killed the motor just past it). I didn't get any more alarms but still no real water movement.
Once home, I hooked up the flushing ears and ran some salt-away through the motor. Even though I was providing good pressured water, I was getting just a little flow through the discharge hole.
I took a thin peice of wire and placed in between the screen and up through the intake hose towards the pump. I also cleared it out around the discharge output up top. This helped some and where I was getting a steady dribble - it turned into an actual stream. Albeit very weak.
Under normal conditions - if I turned the stream to discharge completely parrellel to the ground, it would shoot 6+ feet before hitting the ground (on the trailer). Here, it was maybe 2' tops.
I am thinking the pump/impeller or thermostat has gone bad. Does this make sense? It hasn't been replaced since I've owned the boat (2 summers) and I am not certain about the previous owners maintenance schedule. I know they say to change them out every 3 years now so it's about time.
Would this make sense in terms of being the likely problem?
Anyhow, went out cruising Satursday. Boat was running great. I eliminated the beeping issue previously posted about and things couldn't have been more peaceful. Did some cruising around 30mph up and down the river before slowing her down to around 8-10 mph so the kids could actually stand up inside the cuddy without much issue.
After doing this for about 20 minutes, we decided to high-tail it back up river for once last cruise through before trailering up. I took her up to about 5800 rpms and trimmed it up and got on our way. About 3 minutes into this - my system check gives me a loud and long beep. I look down at the gauge and the bulb for Check Engine is lit up. I slow the boat way down and eventually kill the motor.
I walk to the back of the boat to look it over and my first go to was the "pee stream" to see how it was doing. It wasn't doing. I was getting a slow trickle with very hot water. I trimmed the motor up and looked for a clogged intake but it was good to go. As such, we sat there for about 30 minutes to let things cool off. Keep in mind - the "hot" bulb didn't light up and I am still without a working "temp" gauge (hasn't been delivered).
After 30 minutes, I started her up and put-putted back to the marina (thankfully we killed the motor just past it). I didn't get any more alarms but still no real water movement.
Once home, I hooked up the flushing ears and ran some salt-away through the motor. Even though I was providing good pressured water, I was getting just a little flow through the discharge hole.
I took a thin peice of wire and placed in between the screen and up through the intake hose towards the pump. I also cleared it out around the discharge output up top. This helped some and where I was getting a steady dribble - it turned into an actual stream. Albeit very weak.
Under normal conditions - if I turned the stream to discharge completely parrellel to the ground, it would shoot 6+ feet before hitting the ground (on the trailer). Here, it was maybe 2' tops.
I am thinking the pump/impeller or thermostat has gone bad. Does this make sense? It hasn't been replaced since I've owned the boat (2 summers) and I am not certain about the previous owners maintenance schedule. I know they say to change them out every 3 years now so it's about time.
Would this make sense in terms of being the likely problem?
