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I stand corrected. I haven't quite tackled that ground issue on mine yet, and when I turn the lights or blower on, my temp jumps up higher. I made a bad assumption that since ther cure for that is to fix the ground, that there's less "ground" going to the temp when other stuff is on.

Just a thought- our gauges have a reputation for being off due to poor grounding, and the temp would read higher the poorer the ground. Maybe it's REALLY 140° and it's reading high?

I hate fake-a-lakes as much as pete hates RTV. It takes one or two minutes more to do it right- a hose into a bucket and the RWP sucking from the bucket. That way you KNOW that the water coming out of the exhaust is there beccause your system is pumping it, not from your hose's water pressure, and you know your motor's getting enough water when you rev it up, AND you know the fake-a-lake isn't going to fall over. Take the extra one or two minutes and use a bucket.

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I'd say none came from the factory misaligned.

Only takes 5 minutes or so to reach operating temp, it should go to 140+...but not 200.

You're in California/Monterey Bay why are you winterizing your boat at all? just askin.
I'm in Sacramento never ever winterized a boat. Use it year round. Hard freeze for 24 hours is super rare here unless you are in the Sierra.

Sounds like that shutting down is another problem. Where was the temp then? Somethin's still up.

Good point Pete.

I wasn't sure if the stripped out hole (and the inability to tighten) was the only thing keeping it misaligned.

Leo, if you could pull it tight, do you think it would line up?

Pete, Tim,

I was thinking about the pulley alignment problem. I realize that if the set screw is rotated 180 degrees, you'll wind up not pumping the correct way. And, this set screw is in the impeller half of the pump body, correct?

What would happen if the pulley half of the body was accidentally rotated 180 degrees. It would still pump in the correct direction, right?

However, it's the pulley half of the body that mounts to the brackets correct? And, there is only two bolts, right? Are these two mounting bolts on the same horizontal plain or different?

I'm thinking if the pulley half were inadvertently rotated, the pump would still pump the right direction, but the mounting would be all buggered if the two bolts are on different horizontal planes.

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my money is on air leak at thermo housing or at one or more hose connections/clamps

Also my boat shop owning friend has advised me against that type of fake a lake because it can fall away from the hull from you jumping in and out of the boat. I use the type that has a little metal hook that grabs the intake grill and then you push it up and it it "locks" in place tight to hull and won't fall away from boat moving around on trailer/springs.

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When I did my thermostat I used some Permatex Hytack to keep it in place.

Is yours just a slow drip or pouring out?

I had a slow drip when I first did mine. A couple rounds of snugging up the bolts slowed it down. Then, it kind of worked itself out. I don't know if the gasket had to plump up or a couple hot/cold cycles cured it or what.

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waker319 wrote: ive never used that before... is that a tool ill be using to create a thread for the bolt or ist and actual inster i gotta put in that hole?? im assuming if i do that, itll force me to use a thiner bolt correct?

A thread insert actually has male and female threads. The female threads match your existing bolt. The stripped hole is drilled and tapped to match the male threads of the thread insert. It's screwed in and you have new threads for your old bolt.

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Leo,
Congratulations on the fix but you never really stated what the problem was. I can't really imagine it was the Fake-a-lake? Post a picture of what you are using.

Yes, that RWP is way out of alignment. Somethings up with the bracket. Look into it otherwise you'll be chewing up plenty of belts.