After long layup, no exhaust water! HELP!

[ndutton]

Neil, I saw your wring diagram in the other post area. Can you see the water temp sender in any of my pictures? I may be looking at the wrong thing.

Here is your picture annotated

[blhickson]

Yes I thought that would be the sender. I’ll get a new one and keep an IR thermometer on board anyway. Thank you everyone.

[ndutton]

There are different resistance range senders. Be sure to get one compatible with your gauge.

[blhickson]

and the rest of the story...

Dear Brain Trust, thank you to everyone for the excellent intel. I was able to get water out of the exhaust, bought the IR thermometer just in case, and left that crappy boatyard once and for all. After warming up for an hour, the temp gauge did begin to react, and after getting into the river and motoring against 1 kt current, within another hour she got to 160 degrees. Maintained this temp down river with 40 psi oil pressure for the 4 hours to the marina. During the trip there was a bit of a hiccup and I'm not sure why: the fuel gauge was jumping around like crazy and the engine ran just a skooch less smooth and the temp rose to about 165. I thought it might be the current? But then the fuel gauge stopped and the engine smoothed out and kept purring and the temp lowered to 160. And I did it all myself, from getting the engine re-started and the exhaust cleared after 3 yrs of sitting, to leaving the slipway and docking in new slip at the marina. But I couldn't have done it without you folks. I need to check the batched water volume, it sure doesn't look like 3-5 gallons a minute. That's another weekend! Thanks again everyone.

[JOHN COOKSON]

Maybe there is a bit of corrosion inside the gauges that is causing the needle to hang up. Try tapping on the gauges with screwdriver handle while they are reading and see what happens.

TRUE GRIT

[zellerj]

Perhaps a little dirt in the carb that momentarily blocked the flow of fuel?