Johnson 70 1977 were does the water come out of when running.

[katthetone]

Oh a Johnson 1977 70 hp model # 70EL77S where is the water suppost to be coming from, it doesnt have a pee hole on top like the newer models? thanks

 

[Vic.S]

Re: Johnson 70 1977 were does the water come out of when running.

Pee holes are only tell tales to show that the pump is working.

The bulk of the water usually leaves under water

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: Johnson 70 1977 were does the water come out of when running.

you have exhaust relief ports on the back of the leg, you should get mist or droplets out of them, at idle. that is the tale tell on those motors.

 

[katthetone]

Re: Johnson 70 1977 were does the water come out of when running.

Tell tale sign for what?

 

[ezmobee]

Re: Johnson 70 1977 were does the water come out of when running.

Newer motors have what's called a tell tale (or we call them the pee hole). It's a stream of water directed on top of the water so you can see your water pump is working. The majority of the water still exits underwater through the prop. On our older motors all we have is the underwater exit and a little bit of spitting from the exhaust relief holes. If you've just acquired this motor and don't know when it was last done....definitely replace the water pump impeller.

 

[katthetone]

Re: Johnson 70 1977 were does the water come out of when running.

Cool, thanks for that. I will call my shop, its in there now, they are going over it. I will tell them to look into that. Wow thanks again.