Is this normal????

[atlfishguy]

I just got my 85 mercury 150 back after having the impellar/waterpump replaced and being serviced. This is a new boat for me so I took it out on the water for the first time today. I have a question for you boat motor guys, the motor started right up purred like a kitten but the pee stream was just barely spurting out water, not a good steady stream when in idle but when I give it gas it has a good stream of water coming out and seemed fine. Is this normal for the mercurys, I've only had a johnson 150 and it peed a good stream all the time. I called the mechanic who replaced the water pump and he said it be fine, that they do that, as long as the stream was good when you take off is the main thing. So is this normal or could it be something else? My boat dont have a water pressure gauge so I cant tell what the pressure was. It ran great what time I was out, I just worried, i dont want to blow the engine.