Im not sure whats going on with this 18hp evinrude fastwin. Put it in a drum of water idling and its pumping water fine. So i decided to carry it and put in at the river. I took off from the landing and it was pushing my 14/52 flat bottum really well. I looked to see if it was pumping water and it wasn't(Holy Crap!!)no water was coming out of the tell tale, so i got off the throttle quickly, put the motor in neutral got the rpm's back to idle and it began to pump water again. This can't be good turned around and was heading back to the landing never made it back. Again it stop pumping water and was extremely hot and quit running. By the time i got to the landing(after paddling all the way back) it had cooled and i cranked it but then shut it off, i was just checking to make sure it hadnt seized up... So it just didn't make sense that it would pump water
with engine at an idle in a barrel of water then quit when i put it in the river and run it at full throttle then start back pumping water again after getting off the throttle and return to an idle. So should i replace the impeller and thermastat since both of these parts haven't been replaced since ive acquired this motor? Or is it something else causing this?
with engine at an idle in a barrel of water then quit when i put it in the river and run it at full throttle then start back pumping water again after getting off the throttle and return to an idle. So should i replace the impeller and thermastat since both of these parts haven't been replaced since ive acquired this motor? Or is it something else causing this?