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Question, can having the wrong thermostat or faulty thermostat cause an engine not to get to max rpm. one weekend boat is running great saw 5000 rpm wt 4 adults and fuel. the next weekend 4500 max both engines with 2 people. Changed fuel filter and cleaned flame arrestors off engine. noticed that both temp gauges reading 155 wide open and when slowing down to idle temp drops to 100 then works it way back up to around 140-150. Aren't 350 mag mpi engines suppose to have 160 thermostat.
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Question, can having the wrong thermostat or faulty thermostat cause an engine not to get to max rpm. one weekend boat is running great saw 5000 rpm wt 4 adults and fuel. the next weekend 4500 max both engines with 2 people. Changed fuel filter and cleaned flame arrestors off engine. noticed that both temp gauges reading 155 wide open and when slowing down to idle temp drops to 100 then works it way back up to around 140-150. Aren't 350 mag mpi engines suppose to have 160 thermostat.
I THINK you're correct they do run 160 thermostats.