RE: [omc-boats] Tuning engine out of the water?

You have to cut the can to make if all fit, but
yes...that is what I have done lately....I like the
't' idea from Ethan---I may combine the two to make
sure everything gets wet (correctly)

Andy

--- jdood <jdood@...> wrote:

> I have never tried this, and It may be a totally
> stupid idea - but I
> have often wondered If a person couldn't just use a
> plastic 30-gal
> garbage can full of water as sort of a tank to run
> an engine in.
> wouldn't that work?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-omc-boats@...
> [mailto:owner-omc-boats@...]
> On Behalf Of Glenn Halweg
> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 10:57 PM
> To: omc-boats@...
> Subject: Re: [omc-boats] Tuning engine out of the
> water?
>
>
> On the subject of tuning out of water, it only takes
> 5 seconds to
> destroy
> the impeller. Either method OMC adapter or radiator
> flush adapter will
> work
> satisfactorily. If you have engine overheating
> problems while running on
> a
> hose there is no way I'm aware of to check impeller
> operation. To check
> the
> impeller have the boat in the water or the drive
> unit submerged. You
> remove
> the hoses running from the intermediate housing to
> the thermostat
> housing
> one at a time. You should have approximately one
> gallon flow in 30
> seconds
> at idle. Of course if you have a 4 cylinder engine
> there is only one
> hose.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <lib1@...>
> To: <omc-boats@...>
> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 6:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [omc-boats] Tuning engine out of the
> water?
>
>
> > RE: Water adapters: Tempo Products used to make a
> spring loaded
> adapter
> > that allowed a graden hose to supply water to the
> sterndrive water
> pickup,
> > just aft of the prop. These are virtually
> unobtainable, unless you
> lucked
> > into somebody's NOS. OMC also made a bolt on hose
> adapter, that
> replaces
> > one of the end-caps. These are more plentiful than
> the Tempo-style but
>
> > still fairly expensive (used or new).
> >
> > I like the radiator flush idea, but have never
> tried it. Seems like a
> > sensible, affordable approach.
> >
> > Of all the precautions listed, the most important
> one is never start
> the
> > engine dry. Even for 10 seconds. The 1200 -1500
> max RPM while on
> > "artifical" water is OK, but some times you're
> going to blip the
> throttle
> > to check various enginme functions. The
> over-heating of "out-of-water"
>
> > shift coils is overly cautious. They just don't
> get very hot. Unlike
> your
> > coil ballast resistor if you leave the key on very
> long without the
> engine
> > running.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ethan Brodsky" <brodskye@...>
> > To: <omc-boats@...>
> > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 9:46 AM
> > Subject: Re: [omc-boats] Tuning engine out of the
> water?
> >
> >
> >> On Sun, 25 Jun 2006, Tom Kennedy wrote:
> >>> OK I've got another question...when I bought my
> boat (68 Sportsman
> 155),
> >>> it had been sitting for a number of years
> outside without being
> prepared
> >>> for storage. To make a long story short, I'm
> rebuilding the carb
> among
> >>> a bunch of other things. I don't have access to
> water where I can
> >>> tinker with the engine for an extended period
> (public access nearby
> is
> >>> all). SO is there any safe way I can run the
> engine/drive out of
> the
> >>> water while I tune/time it? There is no garden
> hose adapter (can
> this
> >>> be purchased and fitted?) and the universal
> earmuff-style garden
> hose
> >>> adapters don't work on these things.
> >>> What to other landlocked owners do when they
> need to run the engine
> for
> >>> repairs? Any advice is greatly appreciated!
> >>
> >> I've bought a plastic "radiator flush fill
> adaptor" for $3 from an
> auto
> >> parts store and installed it in one of the hoses
> running from the
> >> intermediate housing to an exhaust manifold.
> It's a "Y" that allows
> >> you to hook up a garden hose and pump water
> directly into the coolant
> >> system, into effectively the same spot as the OEM
> flush adaptors
> >> (mentioned
> >> by others).
> >>
> >> I'm always concerned about adjusting the flow
> correctly - too little
> >> and you might starve the pumps, no much and the
> pressure might blow
> out
> >> seals. I've never been sure how to do this
> properly, but I try to
> >> adjust the valve so that I have a little water
> back-flowing out
> >> the pickup during operation. Due to the
> restriction in the flush
> >> fill adaptor I have, this is almost wide-open on
> the garden hose,
> >> but an unrestricted adaptor would allow more
> flow. Or maybe this
> >> isn't something to worry at all - I don't know.
> >>
> >> The service manual also cautions against running
> the engine at high
> power
> >> on a flush adaptor (though without resistance,
> you can't dissipate
> much
> >> power anyway), and also against leaving it in
> gear for long periods
> of
> >> time
> >> (since the shift solenoids are water-cooled
> through immersion of the
> >> lower
> >> unit).
> >>
> >> Ethan
> >>
> >> --
> >> <A HREF="http://www.engr.wisc.edu/~brodskye/">
> Ethan Brodsky </A>
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