Port Engine Ticking

[weaselman]

A little late to boating season but spent the weekend getting her ready.

When I fired up the engines for the first time since winter I noticed that the port engine is making a ticking sound at idle. When you rev the engine the noise goes away. Should I be concerned?

I have provided a link of the video to my OneDrive.

20220617_151233.mp4

MP4 File

1drv.ms

 

[fireflymedic]

I don't think I would pay attention to noises when running on a hose. Put it in the water and see if it doesn't disappear. My bote made all kind of noises on the house, more of a rattling than ticking but much more noise than when in water.

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

A little late to boating season but spent the weekend getting her ready.

When I fired up the engines for the first time since winter I noticed that the port engine is making a ticking sound at idle. When you rev the engine the noise goes away. Should I be concerned?

I have provided a link of the video to my OneDrive.

20220617_151233.mp4

MP4 File

1drv.ms

Your impeller is rubbing on the wear ring… look up in there closely and you will see where it is rubbing, probably on one spot as I think your year has the old style wear rings and one spot in particular will get corrosion behind it and push inwards. Sorry for the bad news..

Do you run in salt water?

 

[weaselman]

Yes, only run in saltwater. I flush the engines religiously when I get home.

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

Yes, only run in saltwater. I flush the engines religiously when I get home.

Okay… the salt water gets in behind the wear ring and corrodes and pushes the one spot out… @Cobra Jet Steering LLC pulled one of these apart some time back and fixed it…

 

[ToddW850]

This guy confirmed his pump housing was swelling, causing the impeller to hit the housing in a spot.

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

A little late to boating season but spent the weekend getting her ready.

When I fired up the engines for the first time since winter I noticed that the port engine is making a ticking sound at idle. When you rev the engine the noise goes away. Should I be concerned?

I have provided a link of the video to my OneDrive.

20220617_151233.mp4

MP4 File

1drv.ms

Any progress?

 

[HawaiiBreeze]

I learned a while back not to listen too intently to all the ticks and clicks when first starting the boat up on the trailer with the hatch open...sounds like a few time bombs ticking away. Let it settle down, get the oil flowing, get up to operating temps then start to listen and feel for anything amiss.