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The impeller is a Sierra I believe, the motor pumped some water before I changed the impeller but not enough to cool it correctly. I would say the motor has been used in salt water, this is the PNW we are surrounded by salt water,,but not sure to what extent, the water pick up tube is in the impeller housing correctly and I ran a wire up into it and didn’t see any corrosion come out but that doesn’t mean there is not a blockage there.I am waiting for the thermostat seal, retainer and housing gasket to arrive then I’ll test it again. I still have to address the broken throttle gears in the tiller handle too. Lucky I have very little investment in this motor, My goal was to service it and make sure it ran nice and sell it.
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