SeaRay
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We were out boating the other day and I let my wife drive. She was pulling the kids on the tubes and did a panic stop when they wanted off because she thought something was wrong.
She over shot moving the throttle into neutral and went into reverse. Not terribly hard but it killed the motor.
When we restarted the engine it had a terrible squeal. I was afraid that she hurt the coupler or the drive unit so we got towed into a boat ramp.
After we got home I looked the engine over a little closer and I discovered that the squeal was just the belt as it was pulled over the water pump pulley, which wasn't turning at all as the motor ran.
I disconnected the belt and turned the impeller pulley by hand. After I got it past a tight spot I was able to turn it easily. I put the belt back on and the engine ran great.
Afterwards, I did take the impeller apart and it looked fine. But I went ahead and put a new impeller in, just to be safe.
I am not sure why it got bound up. All I can figure is the engine must have bumped backwards just enough after the abrupt stop to reverse the fingers on the impeller and then they kept it from turning.
Any other ideas??
She over shot moving the throttle into neutral and went into reverse. Not terribly hard but it killed the motor.
When we restarted the engine it had a terrible squeal. I was afraid that she hurt the coupler or the drive unit so we got towed into a boat ramp.
After we got home I looked the engine over a little closer and I discovered that the squeal was just the belt as it was pulled over the water pump pulley, which wasn't turning at all as the motor ran.
I disconnected the belt and turned the impeller pulley by hand. After I got it past a tight spot I was able to turn it easily. I put the belt back on and the engine ran great.
Afterwards, I did take the impeller apart and it looked fine. But I went ahead and put a new impeller in, just to be safe.
I am not sure why it got bound up. All I can figure is the engine must have bumped backwards just enough after the abrupt stop to reverse the fingers on the impeller and then they kept it from turning.
Any other ideas??