mudd_mickey
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I just purchased a center console with a 1993 Johnson 140 V4 Oceanrunner and I'm somewhat confused about where the tell-tale is and how much water should be coming out of it.
Model # VJ140TXETF
25" Shaft
90 LV (I think)
VR02
I've attached a picture showing two ports under the engine cover. Is #1 the tell-tale? It's located directly under the engine cover in the center. What is #2? It's located on the starboard side in the back corner. I have no water coming out of either but the other day when running in the driveway I did get some steam coming out of #1. As soon as I bought it I replaced the impeller and when I took it out running yesterday (for the first time) I forgot to check for the tell-tale (stupid me but I was having fun). I can touch the heads and hold my hand on them without blistering. How much water should be coming out of the tell-tale?
When run with muffs there seems to be a lot of water coming out all over the place around the lower unit and where it connects to the midsection. Based on posts I have read, this seems normal and much to my surprise when I replaced the impeller it doesn't seem like the impeller/water tube connection is air tight and would leak water easily when under pressure like that. Is this normal?
After turning off the ear muffs as the water is draining it takes some time to all drain back out and the water coming out is very warm so I assume it's made it up to the heads.
In the bottom picture is a hose which is not connected to anything and I can't for the life of my find where it goes on the motor? I've only included this since it might be related to the tell-tale. What does this hose go to?
Can I back flush the tell-tale with my garden hose just to see if water comes out the bottom (after you tell me which one it is)? I ran a hanger up in to #1 and nothing seemed to be clogging it at least as far as I could get into it.
And you should know when running at about 4200 rpm or higher the warning buzzer goes off as a constant buzzer and then when I slow down it will shut off. If I run it at 4100 rpm no warning but once I started creeping up higher I got it. I have not run through eliminating the cause of the buzzer and there are no indicator lights in the dash telling which warning is going off. If it is related to overheating, it seems odd that I could run all day at 4100-4200 rpm all day with no problem but then anything higher gives me the warning within a few seconds.
This is getting lengthy so I'll stop to spare you. If you need more information please ask. I really appreciate this board and all the help its given me from reading all these posts.
Thanks
Mudd
Model # VJ140TXETF
25" Shaft
90 LV (I think)
VR02
I've attached a picture showing two ports under the engine cover. Is #1 the tell-tale? It's located directly under the engine cover in the center. What is #2? It's located on the starboard side in the back corner. I have no water coming out of either but the other day when running in the driveway I did get some steam coming out of #1. As soon as I bought it I replaced the impeller and when I took it out running yesterday (for the first time) I forgot to check for the tell-tale (stupid me but I was having fun). I can touch the heads and hold my hand on them without blistering. How much water should be coming out of the tell-tale?
When run with muffs there seems to be a lot of water coming out all over the place around the lower unit and where it connects to the midsection. Based on posts I have read, this seems normal and much to my surprise when I replaced the impeller it doesn't seem like the impeller/water tube connection is air tight and would leak water easily when under pressure like that. Is this normal?
After turning off the ear muffs as the water is draining it takes some time to all drain back out and the water coming out is very warm so I assume it's made it up to the heads.
In the bottom picture is a hose which is not connected to anything and I can't for the life of my find where it goes on the motor? I've only included this since it might be related to the tell-tale. What does this hose go to?
Can I back flush the tell-tale with my garden hose just to see if water comes out the bottom (after you tell me which one it is)? I ran a hanger up in to #1 and nothing seemed to be clogging it at least as far as I could get into it.
And you should know when running at about 4200 rpm or higher the warning buzzer goes off as a constant buzzer and then when I slow down it will shut off. If I run it at 4100 rpm no warning but once I started creeping up higher I got it. I have not run through eliminating the cause of the buzzer and there are no indicator lights in the dash telling which warning is going off. If it is related to overheating, it seems odd that I could run all day at 4100-4200 rpm all day with no problem but then anything higher gives me the warning within a few seconds.
This is getting lengthy so I'll stop to spare you. If you need more information please ask. I really appreciate this board and all the help its given me from reading all these posts.
Thanks
Mudd
