11 years..
Wow, eleven years of neglect. I could not have that kind of luck. I turn my back on an engine for a second, and the crank will unscrew out the back.
But this many years of inattention would concern me. The debate over the thermostat would not even be a consideration. Change the silly thing. A ten dollar part like that could leave you somewhere. Like in the channel, with a freighter bearing down is where it would happen to me. The ts may be generic, and a gasket cut out of a Coke carton. Or beer if it comes to that, but use a Michelob carton, not Bud. Show some class here, we are after all yacht owners. And I've made gaskets like this countless times, they work well.
One other thing I've not seen touched on here yet.You know you are doing the right thing getting rid of the rotten HE, and hoses, (the 11 year thing), and yes, it probably needs burping. But 140 degrees? Unless there is something VERY specific about a Universal, (and I doubt it), but that is too cool. In fact, it's a slow murder. Short of a two chapter book about burning up the "acids" in the oil, poor combustion is the operative term. Short of an overheating issue, and the obvious no-brainers about running it out of oil, that is a terrible thing. 180, or 190, even 195 is the norm. A hot diesel, is a happy diesel.
Wow, eleven years of neglect. I could not have that kind of luck. I turn my back on an engine for a second, and the crank will unscrew out the back.
But this many years of inattention would concern me. The debate over the thermostat would not even be a consideration. Change the silly thing. A ten dollar part like that could leave you somewhere. Like in the channel, with a freighter bearing down is where it would happen to me. The ts may be generic, and a gasket cut out of a Coke carton. Or beer if it comes to that, but use a Michelob carton, not Bud. Show some class here, we are after all yacht owners. And I've made gaskets like this countless times, they work well.
One other thing I've not seen touched on here yet.You know you are doing the right thing getting rid of the rotten HE, and hoses, (the 11 year thing), and yes, it probably needs burping. But 140 degrees? Unless there is something VERY specific about a Universal, (and I doubt it), but that is too cool. In fact, it's a slow murder. Short of a two chapter book about burning up the "acids" in the oil, poor combustion is the operative term. Short of an overheating issue, and the obvious no-brainers about running it out of oil, that is a terrible thing. 180, or 190, even 195 is the norm. A hot diesel, is a happy diesel.