I run my Suzuki DF70 on muffs and there is a strong jet of water from the pee hole.
Is the hole salted up? Poke someting like a length of strong fishing line up the hole to clear it, or blow up it with an airline.

 

As Brian has said make sure the pee hole isn"t blocked. I use a baiting needle or thin piece of wire.
I am not sure about older Suzuki"s but newer ones are known for having a very small diameter pee hole.
An impeller change wouldn"t be a bad idea either as the motor has been standing quite a while, not hard to do & not expensive.
Let us know how you get on.

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If the ears muffs are fitted correctly, and you have sufficient water pressure, the impellor should pump water the same as if the engine was being run at sea.

 

Thanks guys, poking a bit of wire up the outlet was the first thing I did. I even pulled the pipe off the inside and blew up there. It seemed pretty clear. I read somewhere about a thermostat, does it have to get warm first to let the themostat open like a car does ?
I won't run it again untill it has been replaced now.

 

Thanks guys, poking a bit of wire up the outlet was the first thing I did. I even pulled the pipe off the inside and blew up there. It seemed pretty clear. I read somewhere about a thermostat, does it have to get warm first to let the themostat open like a car does ?
I won't run it again untill it has been replaced now.

I would still change the impeller Steve for piece of mind.
As the engine has been sat for quite a while the rubber vanes can tend to "set" to a curve & don"t press on the pump housing as they should to pump water properly.
If you have a barrel you could run the engine in I would also try that as some motors just don"t run well on muffs.

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i had a engine that only trickeled water out until the themostat opened not sure if every water cooled outboard engine is the same the themostat could be stuck if you havent flushed it out with fresh water salt builds up and corrodes the housings with them been made out of alloy you can buy some stuff called (no corrode) never used it myself as my boat is kept on a trailer and gets flushed out after every trip tightlines Alain

 

I would still change the impeller Steve for piece of mind.
As the engine has been sat for quite a while the rubber vanes can tend to "set" to a curve & don"t press on the pump housing as they should to pump water properly.
If you have a barrel you could run the engine in I would also try that as some motors just don"t run well on muffs.

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I have now located a water pump kit but they are closed now so will order one on Monday. If the same problem occurs I'll try it in a barrel.

i had a engine that only trickeled water out until the themostat opened not sure if every water cooled outboard engine is the same the themostat could be stuck if you havent flushed it out with fresh water salt builds up and corrodes the housings with them been made out of alloy you can buy some stuff called (no corrode) never used it myself as my boat is kept on a trailer and gets flushed out after every trip tightlines Alain

Thanks but I would have thought there is not much salt build up in there, I moore in Cardiff bay which is fresh water, so it gets about 15mins of flushing just to get back to the pontoon every time it goes out.

 

deffo change the impeller steve. my old yammy lump pumped water fine but i changed it any way and the difference was amazing.

for the price of one i'd change it every year.

 

My DF70 pumps plenty of water from the pee hole right from start up.

 

if you were wearing ear muffs are you sure the engine was running :headhurt:

 

Thanks for the help guys it always pumped plenty of water before, used to take about 10 seconds after starting after being left for a week or so, but pumped all day whilst it was running. I just did'nt know if it was because it had been sat 6 months or weather it had seized or something. So it will not run again untill it has been replaced.
Oh and Snuggtopz I knew it was running because I also had my xray glasses on and I could see the pistons moving unk:

 

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mine doesnt pump on the muffs but pumps fine in a barrel or out at sea odd

 

mine doesnt pump on the muffs but pumps fine in a barrel or out at sea odd

Thats a bit strange, maybe I will try mine in a barrel after the new pump is fitted. :thumbs:

 

yeah my enbgine is a bit odd doesnt have a pee hole like most engines just spurts water out the back i know the impeller is good as it was changed in may and the engine runs fine doesnt get hot so i just put it down to the fact the leg likes to be completely wet lol