richbraman wrote:aunt betty wrote:I've had it happen, we all have. You look back and there's no water coming out the indicator. Carry a piece of wire the right diameter and you can stop, ream out the hole by poking the wire into the hole. Some places are so trashy that I have to stop several times before I get to a hole. Check the intakes while you're fiddling with the wire. A decoy line might fit. Does on mine.
Just remember your tell tale could be clogged and the impeller is still working fine. Most older smaller motors you can open the cowling, disconnect the plastic tell tale from the rubber hose and see if the rubber hose is clear by blowing through it. It usually goes up to the thermostat and if water is coming from the thermostat then everything is ok. If not its a bad t-stat or a bad impellar. If you take the tstat off you should have water coming out the space is was attached to. If not you have a clogged intake (rare) or a bad impeller.
Please haul your boat to rainey brake wma and participate in the boat race once. (if they still allow that)
You'll understand the inside joke that's going on here in the thread then.
Flooded timber in fall will clog your intakes especially if you're the 13th boat thru the lane at 4 am.
Nearly roasted a good evinrude there a few years back. They get hot when the water is cut off???
That's "when steam comes out your pee hole".