m-25 over heating

Oct 29, 2012
346
Catalina 30 TRBS MkII Milwaukee
Engine started over heating the end of last season. Replaced hoses, impeller, fresh water pump, new coolant, and tstat. Everything except the exhaust mixing elbow, which was replaced s number of years ago.
What do I need to do next??
 
Jun 19, 2004
365
Island Packet IP 32 99 Forked River, NJ
Did you check the heat exchanger? Maybe clogged. Also the mixing elbow is a common issue
 
Jul 5, 2011
702
Oday 28 Madison, CT
Coho is correct. A common issue is pieces of water pump impeller lodged in the heat exchanger or in the hose between the pump and the exchanger. Pull the hose, blow it out, then pull the end cap off the HE, assuming there is one at the hose end. If nothing, then the whole HE should be pulled and cleaned out, acid bathed or replaced.
 
Oct 29, 2012
346
Catalina 30 TRBS MkII Milwaukee
Yes...that was the first thing we did upgraded to a 3 1/2" from the OEM 2" as suggested in a posting from Reality Check
 
Feb 26, 2004
22,776
Catalina 34 224 Maple Bay, BC, Canada
Everything except the exhaust mixing elbow
If you have a Universal/Kubota engine, you (usually) do not have one of these, but rather an exhaust riser - a pipe from the exhaust manifold to another pipe with a nipple in it before the muffler. It is rare for Universals to have exhaust elbows, per se, but some do. Exhaust mixing elbows are what most Yanmars have. Many skippers here have them, and do not recognize that Universal and Yanmar engines have somewhat different components of the exhaust systems, functionally the same, but different terminology and layout.

Yanmar exhaust elbows coke up and require cleaning or replacing. Exhaust risers and their nipples rarely get blocked.

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Jan 27, 2008
3,045
ODay 35 Beaufort, NC
After replacing all that st
Engine started over heating the end of last season. Replaced hoses, impeller, fresh water pump, new coolant, and tstat. Everything except the exhaust mixing elbow, which was replaced s number of years ago.
What do I need to do next??
After replacing all that stuff you will need to "burp" your motor to make sure you get all the air out of the coolant system (antifreeze system). Air gets trapped in these engines and hoses and you need to get it all out. The manual states to rev the engine hard a few times to really get the coolant moving but Stu's website can give you a lot more insight.