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Originally Posted by chuckcrick
Hi Eric,
Recently I relocated my Scarab with twin 540's to Havasu and I could not help but notice all the sand that gets moved around in the channel. Needless to say I started wondering if my new motors were protected which got me wondering about sea strainers that my boat has never had. What would you recommend? Also; my fuel gauge is stuck (sometimes breaks loose) do you sell the mechanisms that go into the tanks? While I have you one more thing; I am running your crossovers. Should I be running a thermostat? My water temp is 120 to 130; my oil temp runs between cool and 175 at cruising and WOT.
BTW - thank you for all you guys do for the OSO members.
Chuck
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Whats up Chuck,
Well its you boaters that keep us in business, so we will do anything to keep you guys happy and keep on boatin!
I always recommend Sea Strainers on every application, no matter what engines you have or what boat you are running. The strainer will pull all the debris out of you system that would potentially hurt your application (you will be amazed what you will find in there). We make many configurations and have fittings that we will form to any application!
Next, like Mike displayed, i recommend the Livorsi Electric Fuel Senders. These guys are cool because for one they dont move (all digital and do not have the float), and 2nd you can adjust the full/empty levels. They hook up the same way as a standard sender, and use the same 5 bolt holes. You might want to pull yours out and make sure that you haven't lost the float, etc.
Oil temperatures are going to be different depending on the engine builder and oil. Our engines run low oil temps along w/ low water temps (should just read on the gauges). We run big oil coolers along w/ no thermostats to keeps our temps down, along w/ running a straight weight viscosity so the oil does not change.
Feel free to give me a call and we can go over strainer configurations, fuel senders, and oil systems! -Eric
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