Charlie Carter
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Ok, I warned you about my newbie questions. Here is the first.
When I bought my Nitro the previous owner told me that the motor only had two alarms, a steady horn for overherating and and intermittent horn for low oil pressure. Working with the assumption that what he told me is correct, I have an overheating issue.
I can start the motor, either on muffs or on the water. After several minutes the thermostat opens and it looks like a cow whizzing on a flat rock. Can't tell you the water pressure, the gauge is bad and will be replaced next week. It will idle, in neutral at 800 RMP, like this as long as you like (20 minutes - no sense wasting fuel).
Put it in gear and keep the RPM's between 800 & 1000, with a Hotfoot, and after about 10 minutes I get the overheat alarm. The time varies depending on how long I have had the motor off, but has never been more than 12 minutes.
I haven't had a chance to try it at a faster RPM setting yet. My closest lake is an "Idle Speed Only" lake. I need to get this resolved soon. I am having a Humminbird 1198 put on next week and the speed the motor overheats at is the recommended speed for the side imaging.
When I bought my Nitro the previous owner told me that the motor only had two alarms, a steady horn for overherating and and intermittent horn for low oil pressure. Working with the assumption that what he told me is correct, I have an overheating issue.
I can start the motor, either on muffs or on the water. After several minutes the thermostat opens and it looks like a cow whizzing on a flat rock. Can't tell you the water pressure, the gauge is bad and will be replaced next week. It will idle, in neutral at 800 RMP, like this as long as you like (20 minutes - no sense wasting fuel).
Put it in gear and keep the RPM's between 800 & 1000, with a Hotfoot, and after about 10 minutes I get the overheat alarm. The time varies depending on how long I have had the motor off, but has never been more than 12 minutes.
I haven't had a chance to try it at a faster RPM setting yet. My closest lake is an "Idle Speed Only" lake. I need to get this resolved soon. I am having a Humminbird 1198 put on next week and the speed the motor overheats at is the recommended speed for the side imaging.