Thanks for the info. After reading Don's posts about water temps, the overheating on the quick start could have been caused by my tilting the motor up before the engine cooled. The 2 things that are concerning me at this time are (1) The motor staying at 90 degress while idling & (2) the temp staying at 125 @ 3300 RPM. I bought the boat last winter & have not had it in the warm water much, so these temps may be normal, just not what I am used to after running it all winter. I keep my smartcraft guage where I can monitor the water temp & can usually tell what the thermostat is doing by the guage, but it just seemed a little strange yesterday, then when the alarm went off, I got concerned