Thank you for that. I guess I was getting a little paranoid. I have a 1974 22 foot Searay with all original equipment and I've kept it running by being meticulously careful. I was caught off guard a little since I've never put hot water in the intakes. The truth is I took it out on the water...
Actually I just put in a new impeller and water pump housing. First time using it which is why I got a little frustrated exposing it to something like this right off the bat. LOL.
Yes. I think they were wanting something to do though because I made it clear to them that the boat had been dry for 5 years. The engine never got too hot. I was watching the gauge the whole time but I wasn’t thinking about the out drive and impeller til afterwards when I went to touch the lower...
That does make me feel better. So it doesn’t sound like 140 degrees is a lot to worry about. More concerned about the impeller though because it alway gets cool water initially. I’ll probably change it or at least check for warping.
I’m concerned about the lower unit and the impeller. Although I did use the boat afterwards and it did okay. But I’m thinking it just cut the life of the impeller in half which is normally getting cool water before it goes into the engine. Probably gonna change it.
Has anyone else had inspection personnel run 140 degree water through your water out drive intake with muffs to flush the motor for Quagga mussels? I let someone do this while I ran the motor for like 5 minutes and my lower unit was super hot. Any feedback on this would be appreciated.
