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Old 03-29-2021, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by ndutton View Post
If you're raw water cooled and located anywhere other than the tropics, your engine takes forever to warm up even with a thermostat. When I was raw water cooled I rarely saw temps greater than 120° (late model cooling system, Southern California water and original Holley 3 spring dual action thermostat).
On the coast of North Carolina sitting at the slip running for that time at about 1500-2000rpm. Next weekend I’m moving the boat about 6 miles, probably motoring most of that so I’ll keep an eye on it. There wouldn’t be away for water to by pass circulating through the engine if the thermostat malfunctioned would there? I don’t think so. It is raw water cooled.
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