overheating

Got a strange issue (at least strange to me), I bought my boat 2.5 weeks ago and it was running great the first weekend... well after I got new batteries. I took her out last Saturday (cinco de mayo), she warmed up for about 15-20 mins. While warming up I had it in neutral and little to no...

Hi, The Universal 5416 16 hp diesel engine on our boat always runs at about 160 degrees--warms gradually to that temperature and stays constant with no apparent fluctuation in the gauge. I do regular maintenance--oil changes, fan belt tension, turn grease cup, change coolant every two years...

Hey All, I have the Universal Atomic Diesel 5424. Motor was running fine in the clear waters of Lake Michigan after motor sailing for 3 hours, then the engine overheated. I thought it was the impeller. Poped off the cover, impeller is fine. Plenty of coolant in the freshwater system and...

I have a 1985 Ericson 32 with a Universal xp25 engine. I have been updating the boat over the last two years of ownership including the 12 volt system (agm batteries, Balmar charging system and charger / inverter,) new electronics (Raymaring C80 radar / chartplotter), standing and running...

The manifold exhaust on my A4 is melting the hose that connects to the wet-exhaust pipe (the one that runs out to the transom) causing the hose to rupture and spew water and exhaust fumes everywhere. I can't figure out whats causing this overheating. Water is ejecting out of the transom so...

My new to me 85 E38 was overheating @2000 rpm. Here is what I found. The boat sat for about a year not being run,so the saltwater in the heat exchanger caked approx. half of it off. The raw water fitting where it dumps into the exhaust riser was closed down to about 1/4 inch hole. There was a...