Weeded up

[Corn Griffin Jones]

serial number 1B825931
2010 250 proxs

about a month+ ago, i ran the ol girl through shallow weeds for about 5 miles or so, came off pad and she got hot, temp alarm went off. I trimmed up and cleaned out the lower unit best i could, she peeing good and ran circa 120 deg rest of the day...
since that trip motor runs 113-118 but every now and then will act totally normal at 98 deg and not fluctuate. feel like i got blockage moving around the cooling system...
what else should i check? ive already done the following with not much effect:

-cleaned strainer

-replaced impeller

-removed stats/housings and ran motor on the muffs (what i thought would clean out the heads, but im no expert, and nothing came out except water from what i saw) also water would only come out the port side head unless i plugged it with my hand, then it would flow out the top starboard head.

-told her like this, listen ms sparkles, you dont start acting right you might be working at a new establishment this winter. no response


also, sidenote, it seemed like my pulley tensioner didnt have as much tension as i thought it should. i was gonna grab a new belt and tensioner anyway. thought id add that in case.

Any incite would be appeciated

-----Corn

[Bryanmc57]

Did you disassemble, inspect, and clean the stats or did you just take them out and put them back in?

[Savage]

Clean the compressor strainer for sure, or you'll have much bigger problems.

[Corn Griffin Jones]

i took them out looked at them, removed one teeny tiny little piece of hydrilla. squeezed them to make sure they werent froze , they moved so figured theyre good.
unless they were clogged it wouldnt make sense to me how theyd be the issue. cooling issue began directly after getting weeded up bad. but also im no expert so please expand.

[Corn Griffin Jones]

cleaned that already (the strainer), it was nasty. didnt help, to my surprise

[Bryanmc57]

i took them out looked at them, removed one teeny tiny little piece of hydrilla. squeezed them to make sure they werent froze , they moved so figured theyre good.
unless they were clogged it wouldnt make sense to me how theyd be the issue. cooling issue began directly after getting weeded up bad. but also im no expert so please expand.

113 - 118 is not overheating, it's actually on the cool side, 98 is on the cold side this time of year, not "operating normally. Something as small as a grain of sand can keep a thermostat from sealing, allowing water to pass through and keeping the engine from reaching normal operating temperature.

[Corn Griffin Jones]

Right on, appreciate the info! Had no idea I been running cold the whole time, damn thing never moved for 2 years, figured that's how it ran. Guess I've had some doodoo in a stat since I got her. I was at the boat shop today and the tech was saying those numbers were really common... 80-90ish if you got 2 stats clogged, 90-100ish if 1stat is clogged. He said 120 was normal...
I'm feeling better about my numbers now.

[EuropeanAM]

Also- let's make sure you're getting your temps from SMARTCRAFT (not from an analog gauge). Very important.

Recheck that strainer. If it was really nasty, you may need to flush some water through it with the engine running (to push out any residual vegetation).

Guessing that you better plan on a set of thermostats and gaskets (certainly not worth cold-seizing it).

[Savage]

cleaned that already (the strainer), it was nasty. didnt help, to my surprise

It could need cleaned again if the adapter plate wasn't flushed out.

[Corn Griffin Jones]

Check check, thanks !

[Judson1]

Glad I checked mine. Purchased from a guy who fished a grass lake. Saw this topic and decided to check it. My question is will this compound be suitable to use on the threads? If not I already have to go out for the radius zip ties so I can pick something else up. Thanks.

Brent
SN: 1B965041
200 Pro XS

[Bryanmc57]

I use teflon tape on mine...

[SilverFox579]

My question is will this compound be suitable to use on the threads?

Should be fine. I use PTFE paste when servicing strainer as well. Tape and paste both work just a matter of personal preference.

[Jtreed99]

One thing you may have not stated yet, only temps at idle are determined by the stats, on plane temps will run colder during this time of year and aren’t dictated by stat condition.

[PowerFish]

Yeah, I did the strainer maintenance a couple weeks ago, definitely needs to be on the list to clean/maintain from time to time.

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