Re: [OMC-Boats] Cooling issue

Please excuse me. I didn't realize there was an archive. I'm looking
through it now, but it's slow going for lack of a search function. But
I am looking. Just so I'm sure we're talking about the same hoses, do
you mean the 4 hoses that go from what looks like the thermostat
housing to the manifolds? When you said rear of the manifolds, I got
confused. You mean the end of the manifolds closest to the front or
rear of the boat? The only ones I'm seeing are the 4 towards the end
of the manifold facing the bow of the boat.
Does that make sense?

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 5:58 PM, BLDFW<bldfw@...> wrote:
> Would be nice if we had some archives we could refer to but at the risk of
> repeating a suggestion, you might consider installing clear hoses that feed
> from the internediate housing to the rear of the exhaust manifolds. As long
> as those stay full of water, you should be good to go! If they don't, you
> know you have an impeller problem.
>
> -Bill
> Dallas, TX
> 1970 Evinrude Explorer - 155 Buick V6 - OMC Sterndrive
> http://www.photobucket.com/evinrude_explorer
>
>
> --- On Mon, 8/31/09, Justin DeSantis <duc1098desmo@...> wrote:
>
> From: Justin DeSantis <duc1098desmo@...>
> Subject: [OMC-Boats] Cooling issue
> To: "Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's"
> <omc-boats@...>
> Date: Monday, August 31, 2009, 4:44 PM
>
> 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!
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