Might run a hair over... overheat in certain conditions until you take it out make the poppets open but if you have no flow you have no flow.
Could be a bad gasket?
Did you replace the entire pump assembly or just the
I put the thermostats in water on the stove, they both opened about 145.These motors do not have a traditional --HEAD GASKET---Sealed with an O-ring.
Ok., i have my new water punp. Looking at the service manul, it shows the order to installing the pumpGood call Faztbullet. On different temperatures on a V type engine. My Mercruiser 5.0L had unbalanced sides as normal also. My mechanic removed the Balancing Valve and it runs much closer on both sides now.