tomschauer wrote:Source of the post Its an open system, so air is not an issue. I do know however, when I first splash my boat I need to goose the throttle a little bit to pull a vacuum and bring the water up to the pump. After the initial start, its never an issue again.
If you are in the water, did you start the engine and check for flow? Fire them up, both should have nearly equal flow out of the exhaust. If not, you have something in the system. I would doubt its scale. You usually only need to use a scale remover if you have good flow and still cant transfer the heat. Scale removers can soften the copper of your heat exchangers, only use them if needed. So, unless you are in an area with zebra mussels, it most likley impller pieces somewhere in the system.
I think you are right. The flow is out of the strainer, to an oil cooler, then a return less fuel can, then the impeller housing, then the transmission cooler, then the heat exchanger, then the exhaust manifolds and out the back. I will pull every raw water hose today and see if I can find the debris. If that doesn’t come up with something, I will pull the heat exchanger and take a look inside each side for issues.