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You've essentially provided all the information to solve your own problem.
I had a volvo AQ131 I/O that exhibited the same behavior. I had an overheating problem where the engine coolant (closed system) would get up over 210F. At lower speeds it would hover around 180F and at idle it would get to about 190F. At idle it would run rough and would have a tendancy to stall. When I finally fixed the cooling problem the other problem mysteriously went away, completely! If you are overheating at lower speeds, change the water impeller. Yes, long periords of idle will foul the plugs, but that usually just leads to hard starting and rough idle. What no one pointed out is sometimes engines running hot will often vaporize the gas in the fuel bowl and cause the engine to starve for fuel, where it runs rough, stalls, and cannot be restarted. That is vapor lock. Since temp alarm went off, you might not have had sufficient water to the impeller and have now damaged the impeller, or the impeller was unable to properly circulate the water. Either way, whether it solves your stalling problem or not, change the impeller! Bob Dimond |
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