140 Johnson V-4 1985 j140txco year end production(with some 1986 parts; namely the plastic thermostat) salt water use-all info is standing behind engine looking forward-<br />After approximately one hour operation, engine stopped pumping water out of the tell tale; engine shut down by me before overheat alarm went off-opened cowl and engine was too hot to touch. Went home on other engine and hooked up hose-started up but no tell tale. However-water was coming out from the exhaust-shut down after 30-45 seconds. Opened up the thermostats after cooloing down. One on the left was fine, no impeller debris-but notice salt in the outlet line leading to the right side head which was then cleaned. Right thermostat was hard to remove and when I did it was "swollen" and distorted. Replaced thermostat and now seems to work fine. Ran for 15 minutes on muffs-only warm to the touch. To be safe blew compressed air back through tell tale to see if anything else was blocked. Now my questions:<br />Am I done? If not what else should I be alert for? Should the water pump be okay (its 30 hours old) or does that need to be replaced? This seems to be too simple a solution to what the problem was. Any thoughts? Thanks for replies.
