Pee stream stops after a while (prev. post)

[Beck]

Well brought boat to shop. They checked it and said it had trash in the hole of tele tale. I made sure the fitting in cooling chamber, hose and adapter at housing was clear before I brought it to them. But what they did do was to run the boat on the trailer backed down a boat ramp. Engine ran fine for 20 minutes.

They charged me $92 for this.

But it did make me realize that I had the engine too high on the transom. I read that if you have a 6" setback (i have a cmc ptnt) you could have the cavitation plate slightly above the bottom of the boat. Mine was 1/2" above the bottom. But my boat is a 16' Tims welded flat and the center v which ends 12"from the transom must create too much turbulance that the engine sucks air and stops peeing.

I lowered the engine until the cavitation plate is 1/2" below the the bottom of the boat. Boat ran fine for most of the morning then after a long run I noticed the pee stream stopped again??

I dissembled the hose and found small white particles (salt crystals I'm guessing) in the discharge fitting at the housing.

I had a 48 spl that had just the hose sticking out of the housing. This 1981 70hp Johnson goes into a fitting which is reducing the ID and thus catches these particles.

MAIN QUESTION:
1. Can I run this 70 hp with the hose sticking out without the housing adapter?
2. Is there anything I can do to disolve these crystals? I run the boat on muffs with fresh water every time I use the boat.

Thanks,
Beck

Ps: Sorry for the long post.

 

[Boss Hawg]

Re: Pee stream stops after a while (prev. post)

1. Yes, i run my 110hp like that (I like a BIG pee stream)
(within reason of course)
2. Sorry, no idea

 

[bktheking]

Re: Pee stream stops after a while (prev. post)

They sell products such as Salt-Away and others to flush out the salt.

http://www.saltawayproducts.com/OutboardFlushingPage.htm

 

[Beck]

Re: Pee stream stops after a while (prev. post)

Thanks for the reply,

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

 

[R.Johnson]

Re: Pee stream stops after a while (prev. post)

$92.00 to check tell-tail. That shop probably got a 1 hour minimum labor charge! many do. How far did they have to go to get to the ramp? How long was the mechanic away from the shop? Take a car in these day's, and see what you pay to be told it's broke.

 

[Beck]

Re: Pee stream stops after a while (prev. post)

$92.00 to check tell-tail. That shop probably got a 1 hour minimum labor charge! many do. How far did they have to go to get to the ramp? How long was the mechanic away from the shop? Take a car in these day's, and see what you pay to be told it's broke.

Actually the shop backs a bayou and they take their bobcat with a trailer hitch welded to a fork and back it down a ramp. When they showed me that it ran good it took 2 minutes to get it in the water and started it. I understand the min. charge thing. I just figured that was if you worked 30-40 min on an engine than yea 1 hr charge.

 

[R.Johnson]

Re: Pee stream stops after a while (prev. post)

There are sometime's problem's when you work 3, or 4 hours to make that minimum charge. I would alway's wonder when a guy would bring an engine in, and say I got this at a garage sale for $20! I don't want to put any money in it. I would just say, ( I don't either)

 

[Beck]

Re: Pee stream stops after a while (prev. post)

Mr. R. Johnson, sounds like you may be a marine service mech. I certainly am not trying to down anyone of earning a living.

My main point was that he told me there was trash in the tele-tail which I had checked before I brought the boat to them. I took the boat out again and ran it hard when I lowered the engine and it ran great. Although the tele-tale did clog again with white crystals. I will try the salt away as someone has recommended.

I have about $3500 in the boat, motor and trailer which have been assembled separately. So I'm not really worried about the $92. I just chalked it up to realizing what was wrong with the rig (motor too high up on the transom).

I finally set the boat up like I had my 14' with the 48spl. fishes really nice. Plenty of storage and gas tanks and ice chest out of the way I can walk around the entire boat working a fish with nothing in the way.

Beck