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Author: | Iamwildman [ Sat Jul 28, 2012 6:37 pm ] |
Post subject: | Any one with the cool engine temps problems? Fix? |
Any one with the cool engine temps? I fixed mine. For me it wasn't a bad thermostat or the sending unit giving false reading. My port engine would raise in temp at idle just like the starboard engine but as soon as I started to throttle up my temp on the port engine would drop to around 120 while the other engine would still get up to normal operating temps, like 170. Well I pulled of my thermostat housing and took the little brass 90* fitting off the top. If you look down the middle inlet/outlet tube on the housing you can see a hole. That small hole leads to the inside of where the thermostat sits. If you remove the thermostat and you feel around under the lip you can feel the hole. ![]() What I did was jam a ridged yet flexible wire down the middle inlet/outlet right in to the little hole inside and worked it until it worked its way out to the underside of where the thermostat sits. ![]() Guess what popped out? A small piece of impeller.(in the middle of the picture) ![]() |
Author: | neutron [ Sun Jul 29, 2012 11:03 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Any one with the cool engine temps problems? Fix? |
great find |
Author: | Iamwildman [ Sun Jul 29, 2012 12:15 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Any one with the cool engine temps problems? Fix? |
I took it for a test drive and my port side temps are finally where they are suppose to be. Hope my gas mileage improves a bit now. |
Author: | Technologic80 [ Mon Jul 30, 2012 6:23 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Any one with the cool engine temps problems? Fix? |
I was one of the early summer poster's about my twin 4.3's not reaching temps. I had been cleaning out crap from my thermostats (grit, etc) and then it would reach temperature for 5 minutes but as soon as I'd get on plane, the gauges would bury themselves back to 0 degrees ![]() Like you, I finally found a bunch of impeller pieces in my bypass passage. I used a wooden shish kabob skewer (soaked in water so it was flexible) and pulled out 2 small pieces of impeller. Port engine fixed! I went to my starboard and found 1 little piece in the bypass passage. Fished that out. Had operating temps on the boat for 1 weekend, now yesterday my starboard is acting up again ![]() On another note, why cant people replace a cheap and easy part like an impeller?!? (I just bought this boat this past March). ![]() |
Author: | Technologic80 [ Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:06 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Any one with the cool engine temps problems? Fix? |
Well I just pulled my starboard t-stat housing "again" expecting to find some more old impeller in the bypass, instead I found that the thermostat O-Ring was partially out of its groove. Probably letting enough water to swoosh by the thermostat that I couldnt reach 150* degrees again ![]() I havent touched the starboard t-stat housing in at least 3 weeks so the o-ring must've gotten hot and shrunk or something. Not good. I flipped the o-ring inside out, in hoping that it wont do it again. But good news was, nothing blocking my bypass passage and nothing stuck in my thermostat!! ![]() |
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