A few weeks ago, I managed to overheat my boat and in the process, I managed to melt the exhaust flappers / water shutters. All that was left of the flappers were the small pins that the flappers hinge off of.
After asking around, I was given a lot of advice ranging from "the pieces will just blow out the exhaust" to "you need to pull the motor" or "remove the outdive and check for missing parts". After weighing my options, I decided to remove the outdrive and check for any missing pieces. Well, I just got around to doing that today and along with a few pieces of burnt up rubber, here is what else I found.
In case you are wondering, those are the metal pieces that each flapper is made up of, and there is no chance that they would have been blown out the exhaust. At this point the boat is almost ready to be put back into the water, and with any luck, I hope to never have to deal with an overheat situation again.
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After asking around, I was given a lot of advice ranging from "the pieces will just blow out the exhaust" to "you need to pull the motor" or "remove the outdive and check for missing parts". After weighing my options, I decided to remove the outdrive and check for any missing pieces. Well, I just got around to doing that today and along with a few pieces of burnt up rubber, here is what else I found.
In case you are wondering, those are the metal pieces that each flapper is made up of, and there is no chance that they would have been blown out the exhaust. At this point the boat is almost ready to be put back into the water, and with any luck, I hope to never have to deal with an overheat situation again.
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