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boat teck,well boat is back in the water and everything is good,temp is steady 160 been out 3 times in 4 days,feels good.marina replaced impeller housing,numerious grommets that were some how missing? that was letting the air into the water system,they had the boat for 3 wks and it cost me...

still in the shop,waiting for parts from a vintage parts supplier.marina says whoever worked on the outdrive last did not replace all of the grommets,so they think Im getting exhaust into the water intake system. WELL SEE ABOUT THAT! I will let you know.

out of ideas,took it to the marina for repairs.thanks boat teck

message I did,I just found a site where a guy had the same problem and he was told to grease the swivel bearing.he did that and he said it worked.maybe I will put the exhaust manifolds back on and try that.

that does look like it but the boat is not in front of me,Ijust went out and took off the exhaust manifolds and I am going to get new ones from marina,if that doesnt work I dont know.thanks for checking in

I did have this problem before the new part,that is why i started to change obvious parts. I just dont understand what is going on. 1 week before the wife and I took the boat on a 50 mile trip and everything was fine.the day before this all started we were out on our lake erie and 4 to 6 ft...

hello,I have a 1974 amc slick craft with a 225 orig omc.I Am having an issue with heating up,just changed the impeller and the thermostat,at idle temp is steady160,but when I give it throttle temp rises right up. fresh water intake hose is even warming up.a mechanic checked it out and believes...

hello,I have a 1974 amc slick craft with a 225 orig omc.I Am having an issue with heating up,just changed the impeller and the thermostat,at idle temp is steady160,but when I give it throttle temp rises right up. fresh water intake hose is even warming up.a mechanic checked it out and believes...