Removal of thermostats

[steplift20]

What happened spare, last week I was out and thankfully close the the marina my over heat alarm went off so I hot her back and the mechanic at Barnes brothers here in nj told me it's ok to run it with no thermostats but I question that. I do have the old ones OEM to install and they look in very good condition. The after market one I put in to save money looked differant and cheap and ever since I installed them my engine would run hot, the pee hole has a strong stream so I figured that the impeller would be good till next year I figured if it still runs hot without the thermostats then it must be the impeller, and why don't they make a gasket for the thermostat housing, they should cause if I don't use gasket maker they leak ,I would rather use a gasket.

[spareparts]

the rubber grommets around the thermostats should seal them. I its peeing, teh thermostats are opening. Check each head to make sure they are both opening. A heat gun from harbor freight is cheaper than new thermostats from mercury. Temp stick markers are pretty useful as well. You can test your thermostats in a pot on the stove, open them up just enough to stick some string in them. Put a thermometer in the pot full of water. Hang the thermostats in the pot by the string. Heat the water, watch the thermometer and when the thermostats fall off the string, you know the operating temp. Or you could try a couple quarters, drill a 3/8 hole in them to start with.

[phatdaddy]

Does it run hot on the hose?

[steplift20]

Yes and it's hot also with no thermostats too but hotter with thermostats.

[phatdaddy]

Rebuild water pump, with housing,bottom plate and gaskets, like spare said. If still runs hot, head gaskets and Base gasket would be my guess

When it runs hot, is it pissing steam or just very hot water

Might want to pull plugs,see if they all look ok and do a compression check, that s very noninvasive and cheap to do.

[steplift20]

I don't want to do a compression, she runs fine and I don't want to know, she runs hot and pisses very weak with the new thermostats , still runs hot.
Check out my next post, not to good.