swaycleveland
Petty Officer 3rd Class
- Joined
- Mar 28, 2010
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good evening everyone! so, ive been lurjing around here for a couple weeks now. mostly looking around for helpful hints to my new pride and joy! looks like a great site with tons for info. so thanks to all the posters who lend helping hands!
this is my new toy! shes a 1985 4winns santara 217 fisherman. has a 3.8 litre 4brrl with the 800 (v6) sterndrive
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm218/swaycleveland/006.jpg
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm218/swaycleveland/012-1.jpg
i call her my 57 chevy cause i found her like you see it! she had been bought by the original owner brand new. he died 6 weeks later. after that his grandson had the boat out maybe 10 times. it was professionally winterized and tucked away in the barn for the last 15years
Obviously i detailed it from top to bottom and went through the fluids one by one which was a shame because they had never been used. so after fresh plugs and some gas ( new fuel filter) she fired right up! purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrs like a kitten.
that ends the bragging and doteing on my great boat
heres the questions
first how long should it take for the motor to warm up. ive ran it for maybe 2 to 3 minutes tops. its not in the water yet and obviously im using muffs to run it. however the temp gauge hasnt come up at all. i am Definatly getting water flow. it was very cold water out of the hose. ( cleveland ohio still chilly ) am i not running the motor long enuff? or shall i look into the sending unit and or the gauge. i dont feel like running the motor too long and overheating.
the boat being almost brand new, im looking forward to a long life from the motor. now i know sitting is sometimes as bad as being abused. so im going over things as i read them on the forum and the inter web machine.
is there anything i should be looking into other then the usual suspects?
i welcome any advice and i will continue to search this forum.
thanks in advance for the advice
this is my new toy! shes a 1985 4winns santara 217 fisherman. has a 3.8 litre 4brrl with the 800 (v6) sterndrive
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm218/swaycleveland/006.jpg
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm218/swaycleveland/012-1.jpg
i call her my 57 chevy cause i found her like you see it! she had been bought by the original owner brand new. he died 6 weeks later. after that his grandson had the boat out maybe 10 times. it was professionally winterized and tucked away in the barn for the last 15years
Obviously i detailed it from top to bottom and went through the fluids one by one which was a shame because they had never been used. so after fresh plugs and some gas ( new fuel filter) she fired right up! purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrs like a kitten.
that ends the bragging and doteing on my great boat
heres the questions
first how long should it take for the motor to warm up. ive ran it for maybe 2 to 3 minutes tops. its not in the water yet and obviously im using muffs to run it. however the temp gauge hasnt come up at all. i am Definatly getting water flow. it was very cold water out of the hose. ( cleveland ohio still chilly ) am i not running the motor long enuff? or shall i look into the sending unit and or the gauge. i dont feel like running the motor too long and overheating.
the boat being almost brand new, im looking forward to a long life from the motor. now i know sitting is sometimes as bad as being abused. so im going over things as i read them on the forum and the inter web machine.
is there anything i should be looking into other then the usual suspects?
i welcome any advice and i will continue to search this forum.
thanks in advance for the advice
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