engine noise

[tuxcedo88]

went out yesterday and hit something in the water, spun my hub ( 1993 200hp evinrude ), had the hub fixed and reinstalled the prop and now there is a noticeable clunk when the engine is put into forward or reverse. Also the rear of the middle section of the motor was so hot I could not rest my hand on it for more than a second, lower unit and engine were fine temp wise. Any body have any ideas what might be wrong?? Maybe a bearing , or is there a clutch that could have become damaged when I hit whatever in the water help!!!

 

[Joe Reeves]

Re: engine noise

Tux..... Remove the propeller. Grab the prop shaft and pull/push it to see what in/out play you have there. You should have roughly 1/16" of play. If you have an excessive amount of play (1/4", 3/8") then I would think, yes, something was damaged when you hit whatever it was.<br /><br />However, it is more likely that you neglected to install the main thrust washer in back of the prop which would allow the prop to slam forwards and backwards approximately 1/2" or so with each shifting.<br /><br />The overheating bit might present somewhat of a mystery unless you did not in effect hit "something" but rather ran through a sandbar at high speed, drawing up a good amount of sand/debris into the pump area. I'd suggest dropping the lower unit to inspect the water pump and related passages. Good Luck.....