CedarRiverScooter
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Wondering if someone is familiar with antique OBs.
I bought this 2.5 hp Johnson, supposedly for a backup motor on my jet jon, but actually I thought it was cute.
When seller ran it in bucket with prop off, it stayed relatively cool. I ran it yesterday pushing my boat & it got hot enough I couldn't hold my finger on the block.
It spits water out of the exhaust relief port, but not a whole lot. I ran it with the exhaust port exposed (but inlet under water) & a modest amount of water is flowing (I would guess about 2000 rpm in picture). The water coming out isn't excessively hot, but again this is without load.
What do you guys think? Am I going to damage the pistons by running it this way?
Thanks
I bought this 2.5 hp Johnson, supposedly for a backup motor on my jet jon, but actually I thought it was cute.
When seller ran it in bucket with prop off, it stayed relatively cool. I ran it yesterday pushing my boat & it got hot enough I couldn't hold my finger on the block.
It spits water out of the exhaust relief port, but not a whole lot. I ran it with the exhaust port exposed (but inlet under water) & a modest amount of water is flowing (I would guess about 2000 rpm in picture). The water coming out isn't excessively hot, but again this is without load.
What do you guys think? Am I going to damage the pistons by running it this way?
Thanks