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On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:34:36 GMT, "Mike Slater"
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I am not trying to stir anything up by asking this question, but because
the
water cooling passages are by design so narrow in the vicinity of the
thermostat on my 1995 Merc 60hp 2-stroke Bigfoot, and small debris was
constantly lodging itself on the waterpump/impeller side of the thermostat
I
decided to just run without it. I have been doing it for two seasons now.
I measured the water temperature at the powerhead with a laser unit at
about
90 degrees. I am getting ready to advise that my neighbor do the same
thing
and I just wanted to hear some comments first. What will it hurt?

Mike

The new computer 4 strokes won't run without a thermostat.
It detects a fault and puts you in "limp home"mode.

Any idea how it detects it the missing thermostat? Based on temperature or
the physically missing part?