Quote Originally Posted by PawPaw Gene View Post
Vet, look like you ran that motor in the parking lot. With the foot off you can flush upward through the water tube and then flush back through the thermostat opening before you install a new one. Do it both way many times.
PPG
I would want as much of that out as I could. I had a motor that would overheat occasionally. Drove me crazy trying to find out what was causing it. Found a blown up umpeller all through the water jacket. I used a power washer to knock a good deal of it out of the block