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Old 08-26-2024 | 08:10 AM
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To make sure we are on same page….190 won’t hurt the engine unless it produced detonation/knock, but it is not where we want to be.

Most open cooled marine engines under a hatch are set up to run 140-160.
SB,

Speaking with "people", this.....

496 Running A Bit Warm

Very likely led to this....

Detonated Piston

Or, at the very least, was a major contributing factor.

We might not find a damned thing wrong with the cooling aspect of our engine. But, instead, that we had a progressing lean condition.

Details matter. Mind them.

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Old 08-26-2024 | 08:26 AM
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Yup.
”You’re engine is telling you what it wants. Are you listening ?” - Darrin Morgan
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Old 08-26-2024 | 08:49 AM
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Yup.
”You’re engine is telling you what it wants. Are you listening ?” - Darrin Morgan
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Didn't even know I was "hearing" anything. Lesson learned. I hope....

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