Small outboard motor...air cooled or water cooled?

Question

I have a 10 hp Mongomery Wards outboard motor, model# VWB 52010. I need to know if it is air cooled or water cooled. Just wondering if someone could help. Thanks!!

Answer 1

Just look at the shaft near the propeller.  If it has an intake for water it's water cooled.  Most new water cooled engines also shoot out a small amount of water up high so you can see if your pumping water.  Most of the water will come back out of the propeller however.

Answer 2

I say it is an Air Cooled.  Just follow the tips from the rest of the guys and you should be alright.

Answer 3

A Small 10hp engine... sounds fairly old. It should be very easy to tell by a simple visual Inspection, If it is Water cooled It will have a very small waterpump on top of the Lower Unit if you drop it by the few bolts/screws holding it up. You should be able to see an intake, (not exahust) on the L/U.

I'm making an educated guess from experience that it is Air cooled. Check the site below & they will be able to answer you for easily enough.

**Sry Tronary, they did used to make some OB engines that were air cooled as well as water. & Carl, as old as this engine is it would be easy enough for the water indicator to be clogged or W/P not to be pumping so the tell-tale water indicator might not show.

Answer 4

all outboards are water cooled. Never run it out of water as it will damage the water pump impeller.