6.0 Operating Temperature

[TigeDuner]

What is the temperature range for a Marine Power 6.0 with the closed loop cooling system? My temp gauge reads a little to the right of 175. I hooked up the fake-a-lake and tons of water is pumped through my FAE. Just curious.

[hoopykat]

165-185 degrees should be about right...maybe as high as 205 too...

Mike

[FIC]

in stock form they run 175 to 180 while cruising if you idle for long periods of time , changing out a rider they will rise as much as 210 , if you shut done to change a rider they will normally rise and purculate the fuel which makes for a hard start.

[TigeDuner]

No hard starts yet. What temp does the mark the right of 175 represent?

[evil0ne]

What does a "hard start" mean?

On a different note, everytime I gas up the boat runs like BLEEP for a few minutes like its getting air then it all goes back to normal?

[hoopykat]

Hard start is when it takes forever to get the engine to turn over/start. Lots of cranking, like the old days of flooded carbureted engines.

Mike

[evil0ne]

Hard start is when it takes forever to get the engine to turn over/start. Lots of cranking, like the old days of flooded carbureted engines.

Mike

I guess mine does that sometimes, I thought it was the voltage. If it doesn't start right away I wait 3 seconds and go again and it usually starts right up the second time.

[ddmracing05]

my temp stays around 175-180 even at 40-45mph.

[Wake Havasu]

Mine runs at 170 to 175F.

But I cant get my tige 24ve to run for long above, say 3700 to 4000 RPM , so it's probably not a good gauge to go by.

Where did you guys buy your 6.0's?

I was not aware any one even had 6.0's?

I know that Don In Florida is very well versed on the MP 6.0 , but did not know any one in the western US had experience with the MP 6.0.

[Wake Havasu]

Hard start is when it takes forever to get the engine to turn over/start. Lots of cranking, like the old days of flooded carbureted engines.

Mike

Mine too.

My kids always think it's not going to start.

[Wake Havasu]

in stock form they run 175 to 180 while cruising if you idle for long periods of time , changing out a rider they will rise as much as 210 , if you shut done to change a rider they will normally rise and purculate the fuel which makes for a hard start.

"...they will normally rise and purculate the fuel which makes for a hard start."

Don, I bet that's what mine is still doing. I know we PM'ed about this last year.
Believe it or not it's still not been resolved!

Here they "feel" its a perfect pass issue but I am not so sure.

I wish you were out on the left coast man!

[FIC]

Can you phone me at 1 888 517 3178 I would like a detailed list of serveces that have been done thus far. I would also like to here your symtoms of the problems in the order that they ocured and action taken by dealer.