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Honda BF130 (2006)Tel Tale oftenhas no output

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karlws

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Hi my Bf130 tel tale often has nothing coming out. I have taken this to my Honda dealer for service, and it happened again. I took the unit back and said that this was a common issue with that motor, as it had so many "T" joints. He said that the system was fine and that the cooling water would still be coming out under water. Is he correct?
 
Had a friend call me last week from 20 hrs ( driving ) away.----Said his motor was not peeing.----Had a new impeller last year.-----He had taken the lower unit off and found water pump in order.-----I said " the hose is plugged with weeds / mud etc " .---He was skeptical of my diagnoses.-----Called me from 15 minutes away last night.---He said I was right and hose was plugged.-----Note----Most / 98% of the cooling water goes out with exhaust through the prop.----Your motor needs a new impeller about every 5 years.
 
Never heard it was a common issue with that motor, I have a 1999 130, nor have I read that on this site. Mine has clogged due to the thermostat seizing partly open from not being changed causing salt water crystals. After a major flush in a barrel with vinegar with the thermostat out, I frequently got cloggs in the telltale but I always managed to clear them. Haven’t had one this season or last.
 
karlws said:
Hi my Bf130 tel tale often has nothing coming out. I have taken this to my Honda dealer for service, and it happened again. I took the unit back and said that this was a common issue with that motor, as it had so many "T" joints. He said that the system was fine and that the cooling water would still be coming out under water. Is he correct?
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Yes he is correct. The plumbing and fuel cooler jacket all need to be cleaned and flushed then blown out with compressed air to fix the tell tale. This has no effect on the cooling system, it is only an indicator
 
I have 2002 Honda BF130. My unit doesn't even have a tube connected to the nipple on the inside of the cowling, there for no tell tale pee at all. Does anyone here have a diagram of where the water tube should run? When I run the unit, there is no water flowing from inside the cowling to anywhere. I'm confused.

My unit does not have a cooling issue as it does pee below the water line but I'd sure like to see the pee above the water line for piece of mind.
 
Hard to get a picture of the tubes. Here’s what’s in the manual and a picture on mine.
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What manual is that? Are there any available for purchase online? Far more detailed than my SELOC manual that's quite disappointing.
 
My 1999 BF130 twins, are both chronically plugging the ”cooling witness stream” on their starboard forward lower cowel nozzle.
They run in Chesapeake Bay Salt & Brackish water. The inner powerhead water passages have a flaking corrosion and the engines will pickup silty-water with some rather large sand grains, that make it to the witness stream nozzle & plug it.

Quick fixes for corrosion or ingested sand plugged nozzle and/T-connect inside cover.

Temporary cleaning witness stream nozzle, 2 methods.
While engine running, or on wash hose:
#1. Poke SS stiff-wire into the nozzle hole about 2-4” & wiggle around.(e.g.,heavy wire hook leader one end cut off). Stream should flow stronger for a while.
And/Or....
#2. Use a pressurized water hose with a small pointy nozzle stream, point it up into the witness stream nozzle, with sufficient velocity to back flush that nozzle. Stream should flow on 1-3 tries.
Note- 1
Mission accomplished, engine has cooling flow. If temporary clearance successful. Even if it doesn't last long.
Note- 2
If rather large clinker(s), will be acting like a check valve. It will need to be cleared when safely able to remove top cover, and disconnect tubes from T-connect and from exit nozzle mounted to lower cowel. (At dock or on trailers. Don't do it disassemble while out, can lose key parts overboard and damage your safe return.) Really need to mechanically clear these, as just blowing them clear has not been effective, once several clinkers are locked together in the T-connect and the rather small exit nozzle. These are two pinch points and both are likely.

I bought replacement T-connect from Honda, the new ones are bigger IDs., and somewhat helpful.
 
Good advice, only thing I will add is I removed and drilled the hole bigger in the what you call the exit nozzle.
 
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