Just put a water pump kit in a 98 25hp Johnson. Made sure to follow instructions and everything. Put lower unit in a large tub but it doesn’t want to pee when running. Had a 90 hp that did the same thing several years back. Is it just that some motors are finicky like that?
The old impeller looked like it was burnt instead of worn. Don"t know if there is any blockage up top but the tube from exhaust manifold is clear.
the motor should definately pee
drop the lowerunit and hookup a water hose to the pickup tubeand see if it pees
Thanks guys!
If you haven’t took it back apart yet, check to be sure there isn’t blockage in the pee hole first by running a wire in there. Salt & sand deposits like to congregate there. Had some sludgy stuff clog a 40hp once. Looked like oily chewing gum. Shut things down, straightened a fishing hook to unclog. Piece of wire works best.
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Haven’t taken it back apart yet. It will pee if you put the muffs on it. Gonna take it over to gcr and back it in then crank it. Hopefully it just wasn’t deep enough in water to pressurise it.