LetsRock
New Member
- Dec 16, 2009
- 405
- Boat Info
- 1990 Sea Ray 220DA
- Engines
- Mercruiser 5.7 liter, 265HP, Garmin 541s
This is a first for me. Started her up yesterday to head off for a guys fishing trip. Let her warm up and headed out the channel...all's well. We leave the channel, get her up on plane then the temp alarm goes off and the temp gauge is pinned. Shut her down right away. Open the hatch, hear some sizzling so we just let her cool. After the gauge comes down I start her up and temp is holding. Start to pull away at half speed, still fine. Get her on plane again and gauge is rising so I slow her down to half speed again and gauge goes back to normal. We enjoy a long day of fishing, time to head home. Get her to half speed, fine...get her on plane doing about 20+ knots for a good 10 minutes and all is fine. Gauge stayed dead center.
Is it possible I sucked something through the intake and there was a temporary clog and it worked itself out? I have all new manifolds/risers and thermostat. Impeller is a year old but I ruled that out since the engine cooled right down when restarted.
Should I just keep an eye on it and consider myself lucky or should I check/do anything at this point?
Is it possible I sucked something through the intake and there was a temporary clog and it worked itself out? I have all new manifolds/risers and thermostat. Impeller is a year old but I ruled that out since the engine cooled right down when restarted.
Should I just keep an eye on it and consider myself lucky or should I check/do anything at this point?