Re: [OMC-Boats] Cooling issue

3 words for ya: install clear hoses. home depot has hose. Takes
about 1/2 hr. Well worth it. U can see water movement instead of
guessing.

As far as the pisser (haha love that), this topic has been disscussed
here before (with no definitive answer) and is also of great interest
to me - because I too have no um...pisser.....anywhere to be found and
therefore no water streaming out. Zirk fittings yes. Tell tale hole?
No. And at the beginning of season I redid my swivel gaskets and o
rings and now it's totally leak free back there- so I would know if I
had one. I have a swivel plate with handy garden hose adaptor and
have been tempted to drill a small hole in the cap for a make shift
tell tale. But then I worry that might mess with my cooling?

I know the manual shows a tell tale there, but I have also heard on
some boats there isn't a tell tale. And again, I've looked super
close at mine (and a spare) and can see nothing close other than those
zirks. Anyone know for sure.

This is like the cowling vent issue too. Some boats have them some
have nothing. Guess omc forgot.

On Aug 31, 2009, at 2:44 PM, Justin DeSantis <duc1098desmo@...>
wrote:

> Let me bounce this issue off the wise old list.
>
> So I finally figured out which hole in the outdrive is the "pisser"
> hole. It's directly under the plate that covers the outdrive pivot on
> the drivers side of the boat. Here's my issue. I have no water coming
> out of it. As in none. I do have a slight dribble coming out from the
> cover above the hole. Just a real slow drip. Easy fix. But, the lack
> of water through the tell tale hole bothers me. Can it just be
> clogged? I ran the boat on the hose for about 5 minutes, maybe a
> little more. No water. Didn't seem to be over heating. I can get the
> IR thermometer out and take some readings to be sure.
>
> My question is this, I wanted to take this thing to the river tomorrow
> for a test run. Before I go, I want to make sure I have water flowing
> where I should. Is there a way to double check the "tell tale" hole?
> Someplace else I can look for flow? Maybe pull a hose?With my IR
> thermometer, where should I take readings and what should they be?
>
> I can tell you this, there is 2 cooling hoses going to each side of
> the engine. On each side, one was hot, the other was cooler. Is this
> significant?
>
> I'm know if I don't have flow that impeller is already garbage just
> from the running I've done to tune it up. Which went well. it's purrs
> and idles smooth as can be. But, if water wasn't flowing, wouldn't I
> have noticed it over heating by now?
>
> Any input would help me avert a meltdown. As always, thank you all!
> _______________________________________________
> OMC-Boats mailing list
> OMC-Boats@...
> http://lists.ultimate.com/mailman/listinfo/omc-boats
Received on Monday, 31 August 2009