Re: 1988 Evinrude 70: UPDATED Running Motor! But....
Re: 1988 Evinrude 70: UPDATED Running Motor! But....
Okay, I fired up the motor for the first time today. Fired right off, but found a small fuel leak at one of the T's. Found another T and no more leak. Ran it for several minutes, found that the cylinder head was very hot - head bolts sizzle a bit when spritzed. Rest of block was nicely warm, no more than that.
My question is, is there any trick to assembling the thermostat? As noted above, I have a head from a much later motor and the thermostat coverage in my '88 manual is quite different. By the '99 parts listings, I have everything in the right order, but I wasn't sure if there was anything I was missing. Anyone have a manual for the '99/'00 era 56-cubers that they could scan the thermostat page for me?
For grins & giggles, I removed the t-stat just to verify flow and the head gets lukewarm and that's it, so it's definitely a thermostat flow issue.
Here's a pic of the parts I have - all for the '99 head.