OceanRipples
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Hi, I have just purchased a boat with a 4.3L LX Merceuiser V6 (petrol). I’ve done a sea trial in the boat and everything was fine. I’ve just run up the boat on the driveway using a hose and earmuffs, which seemed to seal well around the leg, and after five minutes or so running I had to turn off the engine because the water temperature was v high. Does anyone know why this has occurred? It’s almost as though the thermostat did not open, although I can’t imagine that’s the problem as it was fine one week ago. Is there an inherent issue of engine overheating when using earmuffs on a hosepipe? Image attached. Water did seem to be coming out of the leg, so it was definitely getting a level of cooling going though. Does anyone even know where I can locate the thermostat?
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