Bill Nelson
Member
Hi all,
First outing on my new (1981) Sundancer and everything was beautiful. Trailers nice, easy to put in the water, and dock. After about 5 minutes running 3/4 throttle she starts to chug and smoke a bit. Shut 'er down, and opened the engine bay, and see the port side flex water fitting (my nomenclature is surely wrong, it's rubber - connects between the out drive and the engine water plenum) cracked and burping water. So I definitely need to replace it, but when the motor is running, there is not that much water coming out of the split. I would expect that to spray quite a bit with the impellers working properly. Is this something to worry about? Is there an "easy" way to test if there is sufficient water flow after replacing the fitting?
Any help is much appreciated!
Bill
First outing on my new (1981) Sundancer and everything was beautiful. Trailers nice, easy to put in the water, and dock. After about 5 minutes running 3/4 throttle she starts to chug and smoke a bit. Shut 'er down, and opened the engine bay, and see the port side flex water fitting (my nomenclature is surely wrong, it's rubber - connects between the out drive and the engine water plenum) cracked and burping water. So I definitely need to replace it, but when the motor is running, there is not that much water coming out of the split. I would expect that to spray quite a bit with the impellers working properly. Is this something to worry about? Is there an "easy" way to test if there is sufficient water flow after replacing the fitting?
Any help is much appreciated!
Bill