Sucked up water snake

[Priceisright]

I sucked up a water snake yesterday. It chummed the water pretty good and was able to dislodge the remnants pretty well. Something seems off performance wise though. Sounds kind of like a grinding noise at low rpm. Could be unrelated to the snake I guess. Anyone else have grinding at low rpm?

 

[Priceisright]

Any input on this?

 

[sunbyrned]

Well, that’s a first for me hearing about sucking up a snake. You should get some points for that on the forum status in my opinion. If it were me, I would probably pull the impellers and see if anything is still lodged in there. Everytime I experience what you’re describing, this does the trick. Even if I can’t see anything. I think the splines gets out of sync somehow but others say that’s impossible. I don’t know but I think it’s worth a try. Do you know how to do that? I can upload a video.

 

[Seadeals]

Tiny things stuck can cause a noticeable effect. I agree you should closely inspect the pump from the intake, the clean-out tube and the nozzle to see if anything is still lingering. I haven’t heard of snake ingestion either but know catfish love to hang out in the intake if you leave it in the water. Do a tap dance on the swim platform before engine start to avoid some major chum! I don’t see how the spline on the shaft could slip and if it gets “re-clocked” it affects nothing.

 

[Dthorpe]

I'm going to guess it may not have been a snake and something like a piece of rope is wrapped around the shaft.

 

[Cobra Jet Steering LLC]

during red tide outbreaks we suck up all sorts of dead things.

 

[F.M.]

I did this last year. I saw a snake in the water while cruising slowly. I circled back around to get a better look and it swam toward the boat, trying to get out of the water I guess. Next thing I know, my starboard engine bogged ever so slightly and the snake was gone.