Re: Is 'pee' hole the only outlet?
Apologies to all I've just found the answer to myvarious problems by narrowing down my websearches.<br /><br />Now this makes you wonder why more engine designers didn't think of this; and having just rushed into the workshop and checked I find that not only does my engine pump water but it also sucks it up too from the bilges!!<br /><br />The following is acknowledged as being the Copyright of Bosunsmate.co.uk, who is eternally in my gratitude and for whom I may bear babies some day, as he has solved hours of head scratching!!<br /><br />"200cc twin cylinder 2 stroke. Water cooled, this motor was not much loved. Two unusual features could have made this a great motor, if they'd worked properly; a bilge pump fitted as standard, and twist-grip gear control. However, the water pumps were very weak - the bilge pump was a mirror image of the cooling pump, mounted back to back on the drive shaft, and suffered from corrosion and flimsy impellers. The bilge pump was utilised by pushing a hose with a strainer on the other end onto a pipe sticking out of the port side of the leg, just under the powerhead. The gear control was a good idea, but if you wanted to warm the motor up in neutral, you had to reach back and operate a lever sticking out of the cam box, just below the lower pan on the port side. Most people dispensed with the twist grip gear change by removing the slider from the cam box, and using the lever on the starboard side. The motor had chrome liners, and tended to suffer from bad storage. Intake controlled with reed valves."
