No Water?

[BrianRush]

I worked on my friend's '96 johnson 25 where I had to pull the power head out to repair it. The problem was with the crankcase cover having a hole in it. That is all fixed now and I only started and ran the engine dry 3 times for about 5 seconds each time just to make sure it was going to run good before I gave it back to my friend. My friend came and got it and ran it the other day with muffs and no water would come out of the tail hose. I keep reading in the manual about a flat washer being on the copper water tube that goes into the power head but I don't remember seeing one. Could this be a problem, or water pump or thermostat being still too cold to open up water flow? Thanks for any help.

 

[NMplayer]

Re: No Water?

You want to make sure that the hose isn't plugged/ Also, you really shouldn't run it without water at all. The impellor can get really hot and melt very quickly and that may be what happened. I don't know you're particular model. but you may be able to pull the thermostat and see if your getting water there.

 

[NMplayer]

Re: No Water?

Oh yeah, you can hold your hand against the block and as long as you can hold it there, its not too hot. This may give the t-stat more time to open. Sounds like an impellor, but not sure.