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the engine under discussion was a mercruiser.

Gene Kearns
Date: 10/12/2004 7:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time
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On 12 Oct 2004 03:15:54 GMT, (Greg) wrote:

The thing you are all ignoring is a car may start up at 0f or colder and
they
will run a 210f thermostst, with the oil running hotter than that. In a boat
the thermostat is almost 100 degrees cooler (typically 120f on a 4s outboard
and I doubt most folks will start it at much under 65 or 70f.)
That operating range for the oil is a small fraction of what it is in a car.

No, actually that was mentioned.... but Jax, of course, berated the
poster for mentioning it...

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