Reply To: 54′ 10 hp Johnson overheat

[Geer Pyron]

Yes.
Something could have been blocking the water inlet.
And, as l long as that pistachio flavored whipped cream all over the water pump means nothing, that’s what it had to be.
And, that suggestions jarred my memory. Right after the motor died, in the middle of the 500 acre lake, I did see a clump of hydrilla drifting away from the back of the substrate (boat).
I suspect we picked it up while idling through the shallow canal connecting the two lakes.
Okay. Assuming that was the cause, is there anything I can or should do to the motor to mitigate any damage that my have occurred?
My nature, which I fight with, is to always assume the worst, as in when I got home and told my wife that I destroyed my fifth most favorite motor.
I’m gonna put it back together and run the hell out of just to teach my nature a lesson.
Thanks,
Geer

JMGP