help im at the cottage i need help

[BIGcarpy50]

Finally got the boat in the water and it ran great. after 10 min at wot I go to shut It down and the buzzer goes off but I wiggle The key and it stops. Then later I have it going and at wot and when I back it down it buzzed again then back to wot and it goes away. It has water coming out of exhaust. New Impellar 1973 rude 50hp. Help bass season starts tomorrow

 

[kenmyfam]

Re: help im at the cottage i need help

If you wiggle the key and it goes away you may have an issue with the switch. How are the head temperatures ???

 

[BIGcarpy50]

Re: help im at the cottage i need help

I can hold my hand on it for maybe 10 sec the part near the plugs is ice cold. THe crank is sorta warm

 

[kenmyfam]

Re: help im at the cottage i need help

So overheating is most likely out of the equation. That is unless you have a blockage somewhere.
You may have a switch issue.
Continuous buzz ???

 

[BIGcarpy50]

Re: help im at the cottage i need help

It never happened in the tank...and it does put out Luke warm water below the cowling. Why would it stop when I go to WOT

 

[NelsonQ]

Re: help im at the cottage i need help

I'll add 2 cents that may be worth nothing but on my previous Johnson (if its has an oil reservoir that feeds/mixes) when I hit WOT, the level was just low enough in the tank that it would shift back and off went the warning buzzer, low oil. Soon as I slowed down... it was fine....if I started to go again, same old buzzer (it was the first boat I had with this as the one before was a '62 Merc)

Anyway, not sounding like it, but a possibility.

 

[BIGcarpy50]

Re: help im at the cottage i need help

I don't think it has one. IT'S a 1973

 

[kenmyfam]

Re: help im at the cottage i need help

I'll add 2 cents that may be worth nothing but on my previous Johnson (if its has an oil reservoir that feeds/mixes) when I hit WOT, the level was just low enough in the tank that it would shift back and off went the warning buzzer, low oil. Soon as I slowed down... it was fine....if I started to go again, same old buzzer (it was the first boat I had with this as the one before was a '62 Merc)

Anyway, not sounding like it, but a possibility.

1973 did not have VRO or OMS system. Premix only.

 

[kenmyfam]

Re: help im at the cottage i need help

It never happened in the tank...and it does put out Luke warm water below the cowling. Why would it stop when I go to WOT

Continuous buzz ????

 

[bktheking]

Re: help im at the cottage i need help

Continuous buzz ????

I'm with ya, switch issue or frayed wire/switch grounding in the controls.

 

[kenmyfam]

Re: help im at the cottage i need help

I'm with ya, switch issue or frayed wire/switch grounding in the controls.

Seems the most logical eh ???

 

[BIGcarpy50]

Re: help im at the cottage i need help

Yeah it is a continuous buzz in idle but when I speed up it goes away

 

[bktheking]

Re: help im at the cottage i need help

The buzzer has power going to it, grounding makes it sound, if it isn't overheating - something's gotta be making it go off, taking it apart and testing everything with a test light would surely resolve the issue.

 

[BIGcarpy50]

Re: help im at the cottage i need help

How long should I be able to hold my hand on the block. and also with the water coming out of the exhaust ports below the cowling does that mean the thermostat is open

 

[bktheking]

Re: help im at the cottage i need help

Minimum 3 seconds and yes the stat is open.

 

[BIGcarpy50]

Re: help im at the cottage i need help

got it figured out. The key switch was rotating in the control. I tightend the nut and the buzz went away. Thanks for all your help and the confidence to give it a shot. too bad the fish didn't appreciate my work . I only landed one keeper.