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Mercruiser 170 Problems
John H. wrote:
On Sun, 22 Jul 2018 12:21:56 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Saturday, April 5, 2008 at 8:27:13 AM UTC-7, Jim Rojas wrote:
I have this old fresh water cooled 170HP Mercruiser inboard, that runs
great.
I replaced the impeller, and still no water circulates into the heat
exchanger. I looked for clogs, with no luck. I removed the old stator
charging circuit, which I had replaced with a standard alternator this
past summer.
So my question is can I install a radiator with an electric fan to
eliminate the salt water altogether? If so, any tips?
Thank you
Jim Rojas
internal water systems are good as far as water cooling. although i have
attempted that with results good and bad. I have found that allowing the
original system to be connected to the radiator is by far the best
result with my experience. i since have installed a couple ball valves
inline to restrict some flow from one to the other, for pressure reasons.
That's what one might call a 'delayed response'.
Wonder what was wrong with the heat exchanger.
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