In past years, I've ran the engines in the yard before dropping in by connecting a garden hose to the intake hose before the external raw water pump.
This year I purchased one of those "plunger" devices that you connect a hose to from below. It didn't work out so well. I could run the engines at idle, but when I started to run the RPMs up, they started to overheat with anything over 1700.
I think the issue is the 3/8 restriction of the hose going into the plunger. Anyone have a similar experience?
Running on shore
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Running on shore
Current Fleet:
2000 Carver 450 Voyager
1991 Thompson 21' Carerra Cuddy
1994 Scout 15'
2005 Caribe LCX9 dingy
1981 16' Hobicat
Former Owner - 1973 Trojan F-36 "Light and Variable"
2000 Carver 450 Voyager
1991 Thompson 21' Carerra Cuddy
1994 Scout 15'
2005 Caribe LCX9 dingy
1981 16' Hobicat
Former Owner - 1973 Trojan F-36 "Light and Variable"
Happy day! Splashed in today around 10AM. Motors ran fine, at any RPM, not heating problems. I made note of flow out the exhaust while connected to the hose vs idling at the dock. About 3X more water at the dock with an unlimited supply! I must pump pretty close to 30 gpm
Only about 3 mi from where I drop in to my slip and and everything went perfect! Its now officially summer as far as I'm concerned
Only about 3 mi from where I drop in to my slip and and everything went perfect! Its now officially summer as far as I'm concerned
Current Fleet:
2000 Carver 450 Voyager
1991 Thompson 21' Carerra Cuddy
1994 Scout 15'
2005 Caribe LCX9 dingy
1981 16' Hobicat
Former Owner - 1973 Trojan F-36 "Light and Variable"
2000 Carver 450 Voyager
1991 Thompson 21' Carerra Cuddy
1994 Scout 15'
2005 Caribe LCX9 dingy
1981 16' Hobicat
Former Owner - 1973 Trojan F-36 "Light and Variable"