need opinions

[fishman247]

was running my boat wide open and after about 1/2 mile noticed it wasn't "peeing"....throtted down and smoke every where.....shut it down and fished....5 hours later trolled to landing and staryed motor for just a second to drive it on the trailor......had plenty olf power and started right up.....

other than the impeller, do y'all think i did MAJOR damage?????
nothing looks burned under the cowl

[FalconSmitty]

maybe you lucked out. Change the impeller and you should be ok. do you see any discoloration? Motors can run hot and be ok IF it wasn't too long.

[Minnerman]

maybe you lucked out. Change the impeller and you should be ok. do you see any discoloration? Motors can run hot and be ok IF it wasn't too long.

I agree and this has happened to me as well.

[Songdog]

I too think it probably OK If there was damage you should have noticed it in the power of the motor Been There Done that Sucks when you realize it

[bugman]

Was it cold? mine has froze up a few times and it takes a couple of minutes to thaw out and start "peeing".

[fishman247]

water temp was 49 that night and it had meen near 70 that dat so i doubt it was frozen....i didn't see any color changes.......

thanks fellas,i now have hope

[FisherMike]

As long as it was running strong when you shut it down, I doubt there was any damage done. That happened to me one time running down the lake. After I shut the motor down I found a plastic garbage bag around the lower unit. It must have not been there for very long. I am a stickler when it comes to watching the tell-tale.
You could run a quick compression test on the motor to see what kind of compression it has. It sounds to me though, you caught it in time.