T Stats

[Jack]

yeah i got some good old fashion carbs..

[THEFERMANATOR]

One of the biggest killers of 2 stroke outboards is carbon build-up, and running them cold is the biggest contributor to carbon build up there is. Some engines will live, but many will die a slow painful death until they eventually stick a piston form sticking rings or score a cylinder wall. I can't tell you how many times somebody has brought an engine to me complaining of how it idles or pours out black soot from the exhaust and come to find out it was the owners removing the t-stat that caused it. And what many don't think about is the T-stat is a restricto that is needed to reduce coolant flow and to allow the water to absorb engine heat rather than just pass through without absorbing heat. I've seen more engines overheat from no t-stat than I have overheat because of a bad one. And many people never think about a T-stat when doing there maintence, but it is a maintence item that needs to be replaced periodically depending upon useage.

[Jack]

My thermostats are still in there they are just open forever.

[Blu_Lunch]

I just replaced mine. After it warmed up it idles better than ever. After 15 minutes or so on the muffs you can still stick your hand on top of the head for about 30 seconds or so. Monday I'll take it for a ride to be sure but I'm confident that was the problem..........

[spareparts]

I know some of teh go fast guys use nickles(or maybee its quarters), drilled out in the middle to offer some restriction in plae of thermostats.

But getting back to the original post, I don't think your engine had any type of rpm restriction in case of over heat, sorry to be the buzz kill, but if it reduced rpm's, it may be something else, you might want to do a compresion test

[Blu_Lunch]

What happened I was going in to the buoys for the channel to get under the bridge I slowed down from 4400rpm or so to about 3000rpm for about 5 minutes of so when it happened ,I when to neutral then back in gear and it shut off and never came back on.........

[Blu_Lunch]

Originally Posted by spareparts

I know some of teh go fast guys use nickles(or maybee its quarters), drilled out in the middle to offer some restriction in plae of thermostats.

But getting back to the original post, I don't think your engine had any type of rpm restriction in case of over heat, sorry to be the buzz kill, but if it reduced rpm's, it may be something else, you might want to do a compression test

You made me nervous about the motor that maybe a piston was melting down, so I did a compression test and everything was 118-120 psi same as before.........

[captpete13]

your poppet valve opens around 2500 rpms or so. it lets more water in the powerhead above that speed. if you run your motor just below the speed that it opens your motor will run hot. if you have a water pressure guage you can watch as you slowly accelerate the pressure increases than drops(poppet opens) than increases again. long story short... you may need to replace the water pump. Merc pressure style water pumps like yours should be changed every other year. they are cheap enough and very easy to replace.