jabs
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- Sep 25, 2009
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- Boat Info
- 2000 Searay 270
- Engines
- Twin 4.3 Alpha 1 - 240 hours
I had a blast taking my first Sea Ray a 2000 270 with twins out for the weekend. Started out in Stillwater MN late Friday night beached on an Island called Beer Can Island dodged a bunch stubborn fishing boats through narrow channels to Prescott and then ended up in Welch MN at Treasure Island marina for the night one of two visiting boats there.
When we left Treasure Island in the morning after 15 minutes of moving I noticed the port engine temp gage was reading 125 while the other engine was reading 170. After another 30 minutes the port engines temp raised to 130 to 140 I was going maybe 15 mph.
Once I got out to a larger part of the river I raised my speed to about 30 and the ports temp raised to 170 held for a long time and then went to 180 so I shut the engine off let it cool then started it up again and it seemed to hold at 170 for the rest of the trip.
Any ideas on what was going? I noticed when I was reversing off the island I was kicking some muddy water up and was wondering if that might have caused it.
Picture is of a small river town in Prescott WI at a public dock on Sat
When we left Treasure Island in the morning after 15 minutes of moving I noticed the port engine temp gage was reading 125 while the other engine was reading 170. After another 30 minutes the port engines temp raised to 130 to 140 I was going maybe 15 mph.
Once I got out to a larger part of the river I raised my speed to about 30 and the ports temp raised to 170 held for a long time and then went to 180 so I shut the engine off let it cool then started it up again and it seemed to hold at 170 for the rest of the trip.
Any ideas on what was going? I noticed when I was reversing off the island I was kicking some muddy water up and was wondering if that might have caused it.
Picture is of a small river town in Prescott WI at a public dock on Sat
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