Short of jumping back into the throttles what is the trick to not washing the sunpad in lake water everytime I come off plane?

I had my IAC die on me today. Any tricks to replacing it or just swap in the new parts?

Other than that I love having twins. Back it up around the docks with a 20 mph side wind was done with ease.

Tabs down, drives in and stop as slow as possible. When you get water over the sunpad there is a drain that puts it into the bilge. IAC, I used to carry an extra, do a search on here the car ones are the same and 1/2 the cost.

Just bought one from rockauto. Any tips on the install or just replace and go? How often did you go through them?

What temps would you normally run at with the 6.2s. I think I have a stuck thermostat. One is at 170, the other is only getting 140.

I'm going to make a jumper test wire to check the gauge this week.

Nice boat! saw you out there on Sunday. I had the 353 docked right before the grass lake rd bridge. Was running the extension cord to the shore power when you went by.

That is where the IAC gave out about 100 yards before you.

Thanks...

I looked at a lot of 35's but couldn't find one that was the the budget.

Two torx srews and gasket, you are supposed to cycle key 3 times without starting but if you don't probably not a big deal. Think I went through 4 of them in the 8 seasons I had the boat.

They come with 160 thermostats, mine always ran 170-175 which I thought was hot. Because I use to do a lot of long runs I put 140 deg thermostats in which made it run about 160. Twenty people will now tell me you can't do that, but it worked for me.

Ever see my 292 around, think its out there somewhere.

I have the same problem. A quick blip of throttle at the right time usually keeps it from happening. After a few trips you'll have the timing down pat.

Haven't seen it yet. All that seems to be out the last few times is pontoons.

Thanks for all the info!

Are you sure that both motors have the same temperature t-stats?

As an example....a 160 thermostat....... This is the temperature the thermostat will start to open, give or take a couple of degrees. The thermostat is fully open at about 15-20 degrees above its rated temperature. So a cooling system with a 160 thermostat will generally run around 175 to 180. You didn't say if you were running a raw water system or a closed loop. Inlet water temperature plays a big part in the operating temperature. Cold water in will keep the t-stat closed longer as the t-stat tries to force the temperature to rise to the chosen thermostat setting.

Keep in mind that the motor was designed to run at optimum efficiency using the factory supplied thermostat. This does not take into account any modifications that are made to the motor.

If I recall the Rockauto IAC didn't come with the correct gasket. Chances are good that you won't damage the gasket anyway, but I would get a spare gasket just in case. I've replaced three IAC's and have 321 hours on my '06 292.

Both of my engines run 159-161F. Did have a sticking T-stat at one point that I replaced. Engine was running too cold (fall weather and cool water).

Great looking 292!