1977 evinrude 140hp water outlet?

[feral]

can anybody please tell me where the stream of water should be coming out in ths engine. there is 2 strong streams from the plate above the prop shooting down and one shooting back towards the boat. there is also the sputter coming from the 2 holes half way up the leg (exhaust i am guessing)i can't find any holes where water may come out from the top except for the 2 screw holes for the engine mount. I am asking because i was told there should be a constant stream from up top somewhere.<br />also, does this model engine have an overheating alarm and where would it be so i can test it.<br /><br />Thankyou in advance for any help.. it is greatly appreciated.<br /><br />cheers

 

[marinemech]

Re: 1977 evinrude 140hp water outlet?

should be a small pee hole in stbd. side of engine pan<br />remove hood and look for a rubber hose going to this side of pan<br />its probably plugged use a tip cleaner or smaal wire to clear out

 

[feral]

Re: 1977 evinrude 140hp water outlet?

marine mech, thanks for the quick response. on the starboard side the is nothing but the earth lead going to the engine pan. on the port there is nothing. the only 2 hoses i can see on the engine are on the back going between the 2 cylinder banks to the thermostat<br />is there any chance that someone has removed the hose and plugged it? if so where would it come from on the block?<br />i only bought this boat yesterday<br /><br />many thanks

 

[marinemech]

Re: 1977 evinrude 140hp water outlet?

hose comes off of exhaust plat and runs to stbd. side. i will go look at perts book and verify can you supply modle number?

 

[feral]

Re: 1977 evinrude 140hp water outlet?

140743S<br /><br />cheers

 

[marinemech]

Re: 1977 evinrude 140hp water outlet?

just looked at 77 140tl parts and the tell tale nipple is not shown will check your modle

 

[marinemech]

Re: 1977 evinrude 140hp water outlet?

no i'm sorry your modle doesn't have atell tale

 

[feral]

Re: 1977 evinrude 140hp water outlet?

oh well, thanks for ya help

 

[marinemech]

Re: 1977 evinrude 140hp water outlet?

it may be possible to add but you would need to check out a newer modle

 

[feral]

Re: 1977 evinrude 140hp water outlet?

so by no tell tale do you mean the alarm or the stream of water or both? how can i tell if it is overheating? i ran it for about 20 mins with the muffs on and i could still touch the heads, they were hot but not hot enough to burn me.<br />sorry for all the q's but i don't wanna kill it the first time out<br /><br />cheers

 

[R.Johnson]

Re: 1977 evinrude 140hp water outlet?

There is a horn in the control box that will sound if the engine over heats. You can check it by grounding the tan wire that goes to the heat sensor on either cylinder head. Have the key on for this test.

 

[feral]

Re: 1977 evinrude 140hp water outlet?

Thankyou both very much for your help... greatly appreciated

 

[cvtech1]

Re: 1977 evinrude 140hp water outlet?

Did you figure out the problem if so let me know what you found out? I am going through this now.

 

[SparkieBoat]

Re: 1977 evinrude 140hp water outlet?

there is a thread on how to add a tell tale hole in this forum.
also change your water impeller and housing if needed, if it hasnt been done in the last year or 2.