Hi guys! First off, want to say thanks for putting together an amazing community and knowledge base. Everyone I know that owns a Cat seems to point back to this site at one point or another.
The boat:
1978 Catalina 27
So, I have learned a few "lessons" during my last outing, and now i'm dealing with repairing the damage of my lessons.
Raw Water Cooling
So, water stopped coming out of the transom which lead me to following the flow of water. Started at the water inlet and found this:
Inlet Open
Inlet Closed
When its "open" or "closed" you can see that the same amount of water is coming out of the inlet (its a very small amount, but you can see it pool over the top and to the right of the inlet).
I'm assuming WAY more water should be coming out if this inlet is thrown open, but would like one of you guys to confirm this.
Also, if you look at this close up, i'll like to point out a piece of the inlet that doesn't rotate:
I'm guessing this inlet is seized based on the piece that isn't rotating. So, if it is seized, it must mean that it must of been in this sized state before I overheated the engine (and It has been working well for 3 years in that state). With that in mind, I would think that something is clogging the line. What is a easy way to unclog this port? A coat hanger through the top? Coat hanger through the bottom?
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The boat:
1978 Catalina 27
So, I have learned a few "lessons" during my last outing, and now i'm dealing with repairing the damage of my lessons.
Raw Water Cooling
So, water stopped coming out of the transom which lead me to following the flow of water. Started at the water inlet and found this:
Inlet Open
Inlet Closed
When its "open" or "closed" you can see that the same amount of water is coming out of the inlet (its a very small amount, but you can see it pool over the top and to the right of the inlet).
I'm assuming WAY more water should be coming out if this inlet is thrown open, but would like one of you guys to confirm this.
Also, if you look at this close up, i'll like to point out a piece of the inlet that doesn't rotate:
I'm guessing this inlet is seized based on the piece that isn't rotating. So, if it is seized, it must mean that it must of been in this sized state before I overheated the engine (and It has been working well for 3 years in that state). With that in mind, I would think that something is clogging the line. What is a easy way to unclog this port? A coat hanger through the top? Coat hanger through the bottom?
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