you say that its ok but my buddys got the same lwer unit on his evinrude and it dont get that hot,so you can see why im concerned.i will take it sometime this week and try running it in the lake and see what happensThe hole that is half way up the mid section is an exhaust relief.
I think you need to run this engine in something other than a barrel to get rue results.
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Glad you got it running. Congrat's.