Motor would not pee water this morning , could it have been to cold ? Or the impeller needs to be replaced. I put the boat back on the trailer and headed home , it is not clogged up ran fine the other week .
Motor would not pee water this morning , could it have been to cold ? Or the impeller needs to be replaced. I put the boat back on the trailer and headed home , it is not clogged up ran fine the other week .
Could have been a couple things....Froze water in the pipeline, thermostat not tellin it to, sugar ants... blow air thru it...
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I didnt feel comfortable with it not peeing so I loaded it up , I have hunted in colder temps over the years and never had this issue. I recently upgraded to a 25hp Yamaha
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Id blow air thru it and run it on a hose. Outboards are not harmed by no water flow, they are harmed by overheating due to no water flow. Run it a few minutes and if no pee, let it sit a few minutes, and repeat. I would remove the cowl and keep a good feel of the heat build, if it starts to get pretty warm without starting I would shut it off and look. If it starts to blow steam, shut it off. If you have a compressor, when its running, bump an occasional 60psi in the pee tube and see if itll start. If none of that works, your impeller could have been froze solid and you destroyed it or broke the cup loose when you turned the engine over. Highly highly hilghly unlikely though.
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Thanks guys , I will try to hook a hose to it later today and see what happens.
some motors dont pee when its cold due to the thermostat. Specifically the 25hp 2stroke mercury from 98 on. not sure about the yamaha
Same thing happened to me this morning after our hunt. Water line was frozen. Had to hold my buddy heater next to the pee hole for a few minutes to thaw it out.
As long as there is water flow it doesn't necessarily have to pee. My merc got stopped up 12 mile from landing once and it never peed or ran hot.
Peeing is over rated. Cant sweat the small stuff. I will paddle before I go home if I have my mind set
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Always store your motor down if you keep your boat outside in below freezing weather. Pro-Tip. Water residue in a powerhead can lead to all kinda problems
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Hooked the hose to it this afternoon and it is peeing again , guesss it froze up . Sucks cause it screwed up a morning hunt but it was better not to blow a motor
Thanks , never had one freeze up before . Maybe next time I will try the heater trick. I knew is was going to be a shitty morning when my buddy bailed on me at 5am
Last edited by QuackerSmacker75; 01-24-2014 at 08:41 PM.
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