This has probably been asked before but I did a search and couldn't find it. I went out today for about 4 hours, traveled about 50 miles and both engines (F150s) were running perfect. Noticed when I got home that the flush hose on one was not connected (my goof apparently) but both engines peed real good the whole time out. I would have thought it wouldn't have circulated the water properly with the flush attachment off and not allowed it to pee?? This ever happen to anyone else? Kind of scared me. Engine ran fine, no alarmsat all.
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Originally posted by pstephens46 View PostGot my first overheat alarm EVER on Saturday. I got into some mud at low tide and was bumping along trying to get back to deep water. Motor had enough mud to eat and let me know....
move as much weight up front(people) to help raise the back end higher and just slowly move forward so the pick ups have clean water to pump thru the motor.
no need to stick the water pick ups into the mud
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Originally posted by fairdeal View Post
only everyone who has owned a Yamaha with that "on board flushing attachment"
you did not get an overheat alarm: everything is fine.
Its as if you had two telltales...
The lack of a cooling issue when inadvertently leaving the flushing fitting open, raises the question of the effectiveness of this attachment as a flushing means. Mine seems to take plenty of water from the tap, dripping out at several places but leaving it off appears to have little affect on the water flow from the pump.
I then wonder would it not have been simpler to just have an attachment on the telltale to reverse flush there, seeing that it seems common that it blocks and needs some reverse flushing to clear.
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Originally posted by zenoahphobic View PostI then wonder would it not have been simpler to just have an attachment on the telltale to reverse flush there,
the F75, F90, F115 "powerhead" -
Mercury mated the Yamaha engine to their own midsection/gearcase -
and combined the flush / telltale hoses into one "combination" port -
a "pisser" surrounded by a female hose fitting.
Perhaps even more interesting, while Yamaha was telling their owners
"don't run the engine on the flush attachment - it might hurt it -
anyway you don't need to run the engine to thoroughly flush it"
the Mercury engineers told their customers:
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BS, open that tap all the way, unless your dealing with a dirt old non thermostatically non pressure con*****ed dinosaur.
you simply cannot over pressurize a modern pressure con*****ed outboard with a city water tap.
that is the sole function of the pressure control valve.
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Originally posted by pstephens46 View PostGotta bleed to work....
Suzuki has some really sharp props.
I know I knock the sharp edges off of mine before working on the lower unit now a days, but it is sharp again the next time
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