IOW BOB
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Hi from the sunny Isle of Wight which is off the south coast of the UK ..
We bought our searay a 1998 215 express cruiser in may this year .
It's been a tough start to what we hope will be a long ownership .
We've had a few breakdowns and alarms going of but hopefully it's finally all sorted .
I've replaced both manifolds and risers because the starboard one was partly blocked with a thick muddy/ rusty substance
Replaced the thermostat at the same time .
It is a 160 thermostat and engine sits at 170 once warmed up .
Then serviced it and fitted a fuel separator
Also replaced the oil presure /fuel pump cut off switch as this became faulty
Then I had a power steering leak which was a bugger to get to ..
And 3 Weeks ago we had an over heat alarm when under load .
So I pulled it out of the water and pulled all the outdrive off replacing the bellows , gimbal bearing , trim sensors , impellor , water hoses etc .
So it's all back together and running well .
Only issue I'm having is it won't rev above 4000rpm but at the moment that's not a huge issue .
At what temp do the overheat alarms usually go off at ?
Mine went off at 175 or could it have been low pressure ?
My aim is to have it reliable first then worry about performance
We bought our searay a 1998 215 express cruiser in may this year .
It's been a tough start to what we hope will be a long ownership .
We've had a few breakdowns and alarms going of but hopefully it's finally all sorted .
I've replaced both manifolds and risers because the starboard one was partly blocked with a thick muddy/ rusty substance
Replaced the thermostat at the same time .
It is a 160 thermostat and engine sits at 170 once warmed up .
Then serviced it and fitted a fuel separator
Also replaced the oil presure /fuel pump cut off switch as this became faulty
Then I had a power steering leak which was a bugger to get to ..
And 3 Weeks ago we had an over heat alarm when under load .
So I pulled it out of the water and pulled all the outdrive off replacing the bellows , gimbal bearing , trim sensors , impellor , water hoses etc .
So it's all back together and running well .
Only issue I'm having is it won't rev above 4000rpm but at the moment that's not a huge issue .
At what temp do the overheat alarms usually go off at ?
Mine went off at 175 or could it have been low pressure ?
My aim is to have it reliable first then worry about performance
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