Marine Lubrication
#1101
Re: Marine Lubrication
I'm going to put an oil thermostat on my boat, because the oil wasn't getting past 140°F for most of last summer.
Should I get a 180°F thermostat, or a 200°F thermostat?
http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/mocal.htm
Should I get a 180°F thermostat, or a 200°F thermostat?
http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/mocal.htm
#1103
Re: Marine Lubrication
you mean this one?
http://www.keitheickert.com/detail~ID~1035.aspx
For twice the price? Yeah right.
So, back to my original question, is a 180° stat okay, or should I spring the extra $25 for a 200°F stat?
http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/mocal.htm
Personally i'm leaning toward the 180° stat. I'm sure the oil will see a higher temp somewhere in the engine that would allow it to burn off water. But that's not my primary concern, as I had zero water contamination after 25 hours without the oil seeing more than 160°F, usually below 140°F.
http://www.keitheickert.com/detail~ID~1035.aspx
For twice the price? Yeah right.
So, back to my original question, is a 180° stat okay, or should I spring the extra $25 for a 200°F stat?
http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/mocal.htm
Personally i'm leaning toward the 180° stat. I'm sure the oil will see a higher temp somewhere in the engine that would allow it to burn off water. But that's not my primary concern, as I had zero water contamination after 25 hours without the oil seeing more than 160°F, usually below 140°F.
#1104
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Re: Marine Lubrication
Ken
#1105
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Re: Marine Lubrication
you mean this one?
http://www.keitheickert.com/detail~ID~1035.aspx
For twice the price? Yeah right.
So, back to my original question, is a 180° stat okay, or should I spring the extra $25 for a 200°F stat?
http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/mocal.htm
Personally i'm leaning toward the 180° stat. I'm sure the oil will see a higher temp somewhere in the engine that would allow it to burn off water. But that's not my primary concern, as I had zero water contamination after 25 hours without the oil seeing more than 160°F, usually below 140°F.
http://www.keitheickert.com/detail~ID~1035.aspx
For twice the price? Yeah right.
So, back to my original question, is a 180° stat okay, or should I spring the extra $25 for a 200°F stat?
http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/mocal.htm
Personally i'm leaning toward the 180° stat. I'm sure the oil will see a higher temp somewhere in the engine that would allow it to burn off water. But that's not my primary concern, as I had zero water contamination after 25 hours without the oil seeing more than 160°F, usually below 140°F.
After I pound a pair of 502's for an hour and take a read of my oil filter with my heat seeking ray gun it shows as much as 230*F and that's with a 200*F stat.
A good hard run makes this debate loose wind?
#1106
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Re: Marine Lubrication
A constant oil temp assumes that you have an oil cooler with enough capacity to keep the oil temp at or below the thermostat rating at all loads for an extended peroid.
#1107
Re: Marine Lubrication
With gas being 3.50 a gallon last summer i didn't run that hard very often. I have a 16" oil cooler, and most of the time the gauge didn't budge off 140. I do a lot of boating in the early and late season with water temps as low as 40°F.
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#1110
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Re: Marine Lubrication
FYI...the latest reformulation of M-1 Extended products has Group IV back in them. It may be a III/IV blend.
15W-50 M-1 is back on my "A" list.
See ya
15W-50 M-1 is back on my "A" list.
See ya