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I've got a 27' Trojan with a Merc 228 straight inboard - 1986. She runs great except for the fact that she slowly overheats at idle speed. Idle RPM is ~650. In an idle zone, I must shift to neutral and increase RPM to drop the temp and then resume forward motion. The raw seawater pump gets a...