triscadek209
Petty Officer 3rd Class
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- Apr 16, 2014
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Finally got out to fill the outdrive up with oil and figured Id fire her up in the drive way for a few minutes to make sure the outdrive install went well. Plugged the hose up to her and off we went. Let it idle for a moment then bumped it up to a fast idle (2500rpm) to get the gears spinning real good to ensure no problems..... theeeeeeeeeen I notice smoke coming from the outdrive, immediately kill the motor. Pull the gear cover off to find it bubbly and cut with water and pulled off the impeller to find it was spinning the aluminum housing and melted the plastic. Thank god the smoke was the impeller plastic and not the gears... my question is, how did this happen? was the impeller starved of water? I had the ear muffs on and the hose about 1/4-1/3 on, was spewing out fairly good... FYI this is a BRAND NEW impeller assembly.
Problem number two, can water get in where the gears in being just off the muffs? Mind you I replaced the oil 5 min bfore I fired her up, granted it was the oil I pulled out of the unit which had only been on/in for 1 hour of lake time and found water in the bellows... the oil looked good which is why I re-used it. Im thinking chances are there was water in the oil and I just couldnt really see it...?
Problem number two, can water get in where the gears in being just off the muffs? Mind you I replaced the oil 5 min bfore I fired her up, granted it was the oil I pulled out of the unit which had only been on/in for 1 hour of lake time and found water in the bellows... the oil looked good which is why I re-used it. Im thinking chances are there was water in the oil and I just couldnt really see it...?
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, but I made a water inlet adapter to mount upstream of the impeller. It takes little time to access and mount and no more muffs. I keep my impeller stored elsewhere until it's time to boat.
