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Ok, glad to see some folks willing to help. Haven't ran boat in about 3 months. Just put it on hose to run it a little bit because it is good for it. Fired up starboard engine and ran it for about 5 minutes. Overheat light comes on and I kill it. Had water coming out of jet pump but very little from exhaust. Swapped hose to port engine. Same result. Really freaking out right now because we have trip planned soon to orange beach. Please help and thank you.
I believe this is the best plan. My guess is that the worst case scenario is that you have some insect activity in your cooling system and the most likely is that you did not have enough water flow.
But being your first time starting up after storage makes me wonder if your battery connections and battery voltage is up to snuff. Also, I've had an overheat light come up on old spark plugs. Changing plugs on our vintage engines seems to cure a lot of engine related issues. When's the last time you've replaced them?
Just back from the local boat launch. Idled on trailer for 10 minutes. No issues. Thank god. Sorry for freaking out on here guys. And as always, thanks for the help