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Bob Wight
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    Is the impeller plate on the water pump sealed tight to the gearcase? If not you could be sucking air. Also, are the water tubes properly seating in the grommets? Any holes in the water tubes? Is the water tube gasket on the pump housing sealed good?

    Bob

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    • This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by Bob Wight.