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Printed Date: February-21-2025 at 9:16am
Topic: temp
Posted By: curtisco24
Subject: temp
Date Posted: December-30-2006 at 12:13am
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I have a friend that bought a 2001 a while back. The boat will not run over 120 degrees and misses. When my friend checked the themostat, it was not there. Why would the thermostat be gone? Also the timing has been advanced, why would this be?
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Posted By: nuttyskier2002
Date Posted: December-30-2006 at 7:53am
Someone has obviously removed the thermostat. Perhaps it failed to open or was obstructed and instead of replacing it they decided to remove it. And perhaps the same person advanced the timing in hopes to gain back some performance that was lost by running the engine too cold. Your friend didn't buy this boat new, right? Tell him/her to install a new thermostat, set the timing, maybe change the plugs and go from there.
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95 Malibu Echelon w/Mercruiser 350 Magnum Skier
Former boats:
88 Ski Centurion Tru Trac II
59 Chris Craft Capri (woody)
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Posted By: curtisco24
Date Posted: December-31-2006 at 12:51am
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boat was not bought new. However, he just bought it recently. I was wondering if the removed thermostat was done to hide bigger problems such as the boat running hot?
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Posted By: boat dr
Date Posted: December-31-2006 at 7:17pm
Matt,if the engine had a blown head gasket or a cracked block(improper winterization)it would still run hot even without the thermostat.I agree with nutty,buy a oem thermstat,i think it is a 140 degree,new Autolite plugs timing set to specs and go from there............ boat dr
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boat dr
/diaries/details.asp?ID=4631 - 1949 Dart
/diaries/details.asp?ID=1533 - 1964 American Skier
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Posted By: curtisco24
Date Posted: January-01-2007 at 7:30pm
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