I have a 87'merc 260hp, alpha one.
How hot should the exhaust elbows be? Should you be able to touch them and not be too hot?
The temp gauge shows around 120-150 while running. But the risers/elbow are hot, can't really hold your hand on them. Could they be going bad? I don't recall them being that hot last season. A new impeller was put on at the start of last summer.
Does the bypass from the t-stat housing go to the elbow or the manifold, I can't remeber? Could this be restricted?
I pulled off the hose that has the check balls in them If I remeber right these went to the elbows and the water flow seemed low to me but I have nothing to comapre it to, and I was running on muffs at the time.
Thanks
How hot should the exhaust elbows be? Should you be able to touch them and not be too hot?
The temp gauge shows around 120-150 while running. But the risers/elbow are hot, can't really hold your hand on them. Could they be going bad? I don't recall them being that hot last season. A new impeller was put on at the start of last summer.
Does the bypass from the t-stat housing go to the elbow or the manifold, I can't remeber? Could this be restricted?
I pulled off the hose that has the check balls in them If I remeber right these went to the elbows and the water flow seemed low to me but I have nothing to comapre it to, and I was running on muffs at the time.
Thanks
