She's alive!-sweet smelling 225 2 stroke!

[nepatsfanatic]

Thanks GA, I was glad to just hear her fire to life. I'm gonna go through the whole thing with a fine tooth comb over the winter and before I run it anymore. I'm not one to reinvent the wheel and I'm glad for all the help and knowledge from you guys...I love this site for all the support that's here.

[THEFERMANATOR]

At an idle or on the hose espescially water pressure will be low(in the water should be roughly 8 or so I believe and on a hose 1-3). The engine will run warm to hot at idle(about 160-170, but will cool down after about 3K RPM's. I'm pretty sure that engine uses water pressure to bypass the stats at a certain RPM to allow the engine to run cool under load. Also the bypass hose hooks up to a pop off valve, and if it bleeds off pressure it won't allow the stats to be bypassed and can cause overheating.

[nepatsfanatic]

nice one TF, very grateful, I spent a little more time with the manual and it gives a good picture of where the cooling passages run. I'm gonna install the pump kit and new pop off valve and flush everything out before putting her into action.

I see you run a 225, how do you like it?, I'm guessing it's a screamer!, any pics or video?

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Originally Posted by nepatsfanatic

nice one TF, very grateful, I spent a little more time with the manual and it gives a good picture of where the cooling passages run. I'm gonna install the pump kit and new pop off valve and flush everything out before putting her into action.

I see you run a 225, how do you like it?, I'm guessing it's a screamer!, any pics or video?

Yep I've got my 225 mounted on my 20 foot HYDRA-SPORTS and she runs pretty good. Then again mine is ported, bored 40 over, decked heads, and carbon fiber reeds, so she's a bit more potent than a regular 225. My boat weighs almost a 1k pounds more than a V-20, but I can still hit 53 or so with a moderate load and half a tank of fuel and 46-48 FULLY loaded down. I would also put new stats in it while you have it apart. It can't hurt and yopu're already in there, so might as well do em.