At spring commissioning, I ran my engine for the 5 minutes that it takes me to motor from the slings to my slip with the thermostat out, and without the bypass hose clamped. Tomorrow I have a longer (maybe 20 minute) run to the mast crane.
Question; should I clamp the bypass hose for that short run to the mast crane, or does it not matter? The water is very cold here (Lake Ontario).
Second question; I left the thermostat out because the housing sat proud when I installed the thermostat, with a small gap between the housing and the gasket. I didn't want to crank down on the bolts too much, and assume the thermostat wasn't sitting correctly in the housing.
That's never happened to me before (I've r/r the thermostat many times). Did I get unlucky with placement, or should I have torqued the bolts down and it would have compressed anyway? It was fine without the thermostat.
Question; should I clamp the bypass hose for that short run to the mast crane, or does it not matter? The water is very cold here (Lake Ontario).
Second question; I left the thermostat out because the housing sat proud when I installed the thermostat, with a small gap between the housing and the gasket. I didn't want to crank down on the bolts too much, and assume the thermostat wasn't sitting correctly in the housing.
That's never happened to me before (I've r/r the thermostat many times). Did I get unlucky with placement, or should I have torqued the bolts down and it would have compressed anyway? It was fine without the thermostat.
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