Long story short: Temp gauge wasn't registering on a 2001 5.0 w/bravo III.
After testing sender, gauge, ground, etc, I finally realized the T-stat was under the spacer, not above it. Swapped it over, everything runs fine and motor comes up to temp.
Prior to that, I had taken the boat from the launch ramp to the marina, roughly 1/2 hour ride. With an IF gun, motor was around 165* and t-stat housing was about 100*.
Now it is properly installed and motor runs around 180* on the gauge, about 165-170* on the IF gun, manifolds/risers are all around 95*.
Motor starts right up, no smoke, no noise, good oil pressure.
Is it possible I overheated anything, or was I just running it cold and keeping it in open loop?
After testing sender, gauge, ground, etc, I finally realized the T-stat was under the spacer, not above it. Swapped it over, everything runs fine and motor comes up to temp.
Prior to that, I had taken the boat from the launch ramp to the marina, roughly 1/2 hour ride. With an IF gun, motor was around 165* and t-stat housing was about 100*.
Now it is properly installed and motor runs around 180* on the gauge, about 165-170* on the IF gun, manifolds/risers are all around 95*.
Motor starts right up, no smoke, no noise, good oil pressure.
Is it possible I overheated anything, or was I just running it cold and keeping it in open loop?
