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15 johnson has water at the tell tale hole but still overhea
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<blockquote data-quote="nomowork" data-source="post: 205895" data-attributes="member: 6029"><p>I drilled out the 90 degree tell tale elbow on the starboard side of the motor and plugged that hole with a machine screw so instead of trying to send a wire or something up the tell tale hose, I could now send a wire directly into that side cover without taking it off. I also sprayed some WD40 into that hole and let it sit for a day then blew compressed air into it and that's when all that gunk came out of that hole directly below the thermostat.</p><p></p><p>As far as that water pick up tube from the pump, I also found on the web that by using a coat hanger with a curled end so as not to damage any seals and shove it up the tube from the pump into the power head might dislodge junk and open up that problem area described by others. Of course by doing this you're operating blindly so beware. My problem was pretty bad so I really had nothing to lose at that point.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nomowork, post: 205895, member: 6029"] I drilled out the 90 degree tell tale elbow on the starboard side of the motor and plugged that hole with a machine screw so instead of trying to send a wire or something up the tell tale hose, I could now send a wire directly into that side cover without taking it off. I also sprayed some WD40 into that hole and let it sit for a day then blew compressed air into it and that's when all that gunk came out of that hole directly below the thermostat. As far as that water pick up tube from the pump, I also found on the web that by using a coat hanger with a curled end so as not to damage any seals and shove it up the tube from the pump into the power head might dislodge junk and open up that problem area described by others. Of course by doing this you're operating blindly so beware. My problem was pretty bad so I really had nothing to lose at that point. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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