Saving Old Seagulls

hello all, have just got my motor out the shed its been rsting for 2/3 years, have got it running in a dust bin BUT the cooling water outlet sometimes stops pumping water out, i have turned the engine up side down and sparyed gt85 into the small hose which the water cames out of and down the leg from the prop end was this the right thing to do , if you can help please post thankyou monty ps engine number is sjp 713e5

Back flush it with garden hose. Sounds as tho there is some crud in the water system. Also try it with the prop off (don't over rev.) Enough water in the bin?

As mentioned several other places on this site, when running in a bin, the prop turbulence can cause intermittant or zero water flow. Remove the prop and try it.

Hi, have just done a back flush and it worked with the gt85 put in the day before as all the oil/black and grit washed out, re tested in the bin and its now pumping lot of water had it runing on test for a good 20mins or so , hoping to give it a run out on the water at the weekend if it stays fine, thanks for all the help/posting monty

What's gt85?

Smells better than WD40

H-A

I can't really see what effect that will have on salty rust deposits.

None, but it smells nice.

H-A

Wish people said that about me!

Hi all,
well all i can say is the engine was not pumping water with prop on or off, so turned the engine upside down and pumped GT85 into the water outlet hole and lefe it over nite, then did a back flush re try it in the bin with the prop on and water was being pumped, so took the boat out today was running for over 1.5 hours with no probs, was i just lucky!! or did the GT85 do the job remember this engine has been in the shed for years now it running like a dream!! thanks monty