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Default Running T-Stats VS No T-Stats

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Originally Posted by macojoe View Post
My merc runs hot all the time, it always smoke from the heat, man if you hold your hand in the water it will burn a hole in it!!
BS said this is normal for them?? That you will foul plugs if you no run T stats??
Well it scares the crap out of me so I took the T stats out for the summer,(water temp mid 60's) I will reinstall for the colder months, But motor still smokes and runs warm now not hot, and I have no temp gauge so not sure were its at. But plugs are good and motor runs great all the time, i just let it run a bit before I take off.
My Mercury telltale is very hot also but today I bought a IR thermometer, ran it around the lake a few times at 4600 rpm stopped the boat put it in neutral popped the cover open and the head temperature was 148.2 and 147.9. I'll tell you I put new T Stats Saturday and it idles better than before, real smooth........
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