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after market temperature and flow guages on inboard jet
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<blockquote data-quote="PSG-1" data-source="post: 396491" data-attributes="member: 6937"><p>You should consider using a strainer. It's a lot easier to unclog one of those than it is to try unclogging the cooling system of the engine. Liquidized sand will pass through, but it only takes a few larger pieces of ground-up shells or rocks to play havoc on your engine.</p><p></p><p>Like I said, the OB pressure gage is your best bet if you want an instantaneous reading of what's happening with the cooling system. With a temp gage, or a temp warning buzzer (I had both of these on my old 2 stroke engine) you won't know the engine is not getting flow until it's too late and you've got an overheat.</p><p></p><p>But if you do want to install a temp gage, water from the discharge outlet won't work as efficiently as mounting it to the exhaust manifold. When I did it on my 2 stroke, I made a large internal-threaded fitting out of round aluminum, and welded it to the manifold, so the temp sending unit would screw into that.</p><p></p><p>Hope this info helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PSG-1, post: 396491, member: 6937"] You should consider using a strainer. It's a lot easier to unclog one of those than it is to try unclogging the cooling system of the engine. Liquidized sand will pass through, but it only takes a few larger pieces of ground-up shells or rocks to play havoc on your engine. Like I said, the OB pressure gage is your best bet if you want an instantaneous reading of what's happening with the cooling system. With a temp gage, or a temp warning buzzer (I had both of these on my old 2 stroke engine) you won't know the engine is not getting flow until it's too late and you've got an overheat. But if you do want to install a temp gage, water from the discharge outlet won't work as efficiently as mounting it to the exhaust manifold. When I did it on my 2 stroke, I made a large internal-threaded fitting out of round aluminum, and welded it to the manifold, so the temp sending unit would screw into that. Hope this info helps. [/QUOTE]
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