Back In The Water; Outboard issue

[HeaveToo]

I got my boat back in the water and into a slip.  Still I had a small issue with the outboard.

At the end of last season I was having issues with my outboard. On the last day of my trip she stopped spitting water. I jammed a wire into the pee hole and it started spitting water again.

This off season I put a brand new impeller in. The old impeller seemed fine.

Today I started up the outboard. It ran okay for a few minutes and it stopped spitting water. I tinkered with the engine and ran a wire into the pee hole. It started spitting water again. This happened a few other times.

Back at my new slip I ran the wire into the pee hole vigorously. I then started the engine and it REALLY started to spit water. I ran the wire into the pee hole while the engine was on and it kept on going. I ran it for a bit longer and it seemed to keep a good water stream.

I don't want to fight this off and on. Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas on what I can do to clear out this issue?

I did notice that when it doesn't shoot a stream the water still comes out somewhere but not as strong. When it is open it really puts out water.

[cw021382]

Heave, I have a legend ss jet boat with a 115hp jet outboard on it, and this is a common issue.  I run shallow rivers searching for smallmouth bass, and the outboard picks up small pieces of rock or leaves etc.  This gets into the tube that feeds the indicator (pee hole) and blocks the stream.  The motor still cools just fine, but there is no tell tale to indicate the impeller is moving water thru the block.  Usually just running wire into the pee hole will push the blockage down and it will exit the engine.  However, sometimes you have to remove the cowl and take off the indicator feed tube.  The tube should run between the water jacket and the indicator outlet.  Sometimes a rock chip will get stuck back inside the water jacket and you will have to run a wire in and dislodge it.  Only a very small portion of the water used to cool the engine exits via the pee hole so a blockage is no big deal, just annoying.  Just clean the tube and it should be fine.

-Chris

[HideAway]

I have a 1994 8hp Evinrude 2 cycle engine.  I had a similar problem with mine.  Running a wire up the discharge hose worked for awhile but the problem turned out to be clogged channels in the exhaust plate cover. This is where the discharge tube comes out of the engine.  The discharge tube drains the upper cylinder head so it is important to have water flow. The cover has 6 bolts that took two days to remove.  

part of the problem was ingested sand but the real cause was tipping the hot motor back to keep the lower end out of the water. Doing so
caused the salt water to pool high in the cylinder head.   On the Evinrude the end of the discharge tube had a reducing nipple.  I removed this and stuck the rubber hose through the hole.  The reducing nipple may have kept the engine warmer by restricting the flow but with our 80 degree plus water temp the engine probably runs a bit warm anyway. The larger diameter hose allows any debris to flow through.  We have not had a cooling problem since and the tube spits a large volume of warm water.


Here is a link to that blog - this was early in my blogging days - the only good thing about it is the photo.  

http://svhideaway.blogspot.com/2010/08/hot-headed-evinrude-mr-e-has-fever.html

Hope this helps  Matt

[Gerry]

I had the same problem with my small outboard.  I attacked it from the other end.  I ran a wire through the intake side.  Once the gunk was cleaned out, the impeller could freely run water through the system.