Katemma Life
Member
- Oct 7, 2018
- 135
- Boat Info
- 2007 sea ray 290 SLX
- Engines
- Twin mercruiser MAG 350 MPI w/ Bravo III
Was boating on an inlet area and ran onto a sandbar. I tried to power out of it and sucked up sand / mud into the drives. High-temp alarm shut one engine down and I limped home on the other.
After a few hours the engines both started and worked. The boat operates fine now except the Tstats were stuck open. This past weekend I replaced both Tstats successfully. I went out and ran the boat hard - it runs great; 4000 RPM for a good 15 minutes. Now one of the Tsats is back to being stuck open.
My question is, if I clean out the Tstat again, how long before the sand I sucked in stops clogging things up? Anyone else dealt with this issue?
After a few hours the engines both started and worked. The boat operates fine now except the Tstats were stuck open. This past weekend I replaced both Tstats successfully. I went out and ran the boat hard - it runs great; 4000 RPM for a good 15 minutes. Now one of the Tsats is back to being stuck open.
My question is, if I clean out the Tstat again, how long before the sand I sucked in stops clogging things up? Anyone else dealt with this issue?