Re: 165 IL6 Manifold Replacement (UPDATE)
Hi Don,<br />Dunaruna is exactly right......<br />Tony started this project last year(the freshwater cooling anyway).......<br /><br />I think it may have been the year before that, That Tony Totally Rebuilt his engine........<br />And, He tore into his outdrive, without the Nessessary tools,+ gauges........(I'm still Amazed that the preloads must have come out pretty close, as He's put considerable hours on it)<br /><br />Now, I know that nessessity is the mother of invention.........<br />Then,.... There are Other Guys like Tony,+ Myself, who like to look at something,+ say,........ What If ??<br />Some of My "What Ifs" turn up at the Scrapyard............
<br />Others have,+ continue to provide Good Service.........<br /><br />This System is a Totally Self-Engineered......<br />Being such, Everything on it is a "Work-Around" engineered issue......<br />As stated, Sometimes it Works...... Sometimes Another "Work-around" is needed...... Sometimes, You're just SOL...........
<br /><br />Relieing on My Memory(which is Very Poor), Tony's results last season were that he's running Fine at wake speeds......<br />It's when he approaches WOT, or at Higher speeds that he builds more heat than he'd like.....<br /><br />There's No Doubt that a Larger H/E would be a Help..... But, there Are Other avenues to Check as well.........<br /><br /><br />
I Believe , That this thread,+ others like it, Help people like Tony,+ Myself, to see Other Issues that we may have overlooked........<br />As stated above, yoced brought up the point,+ I see where it's Possible that there Might be an Air Pocket in the Manifold, due to the fact that Tony used an Endplate that's a copy of the endplate on the front of the manifold...... This had to be turned to point to the starboard-side..... So, It's Possible there Could Be a small air pocket left in the manifold, as the nipple opening is Slightly Below the Upper Most point in the manifold.....<br />Is It an Actual Issue ?? I don't know,...Maybe,.. Maybe Not......<br /><br /><br />Don, You raise many Valid Points......(and, I bow to Your Brilliance,... You've got Me Beat, By Many Times Over)<br />But, You've got to understand that this Isn't the usual iboats post from a Newbie Boater..........<br />What it Is,.... Is the Usual iboats Seat of the Pants Engineer's Questions about the Many "What Ifs" found in the Life of Backyard-Engineering Boaters...........<br /><br />You,+ I both Know that just because the "Book" says you Must remove A, B, C,+ D to Fix something.........<br />Many times a Good Wrench will remove A, B,+ D.. Then just slide C out of the way................................
