Originally Posted by
devovino
When I bought my Saltare, the PO told me that "if I wanted to get better MPG, to install a thermostat" which I assumed meant there is no thermostat on my 454. She runs like a champ, never had a propblem wih her heating up, in fact I assumed the only gauge not working on the Saltare was the temp gauge, then yesterday I had 7 people and 1000 lbs ballast on the boat was running around doing some surfing, temp never registered. But once I stopped to just float and listen to the radio, I noticed the temp gauge was registering ar 150, so I now see that it works, I think the engine is always really cooled from constant flow of water. In talking to a few mechanics, they think the only real problem with this is it might never really reach a good operating temperature, and maybe run rich,does anybody else see a real problem with a really coo engine, I figure better cool than too hot! Thanks Devon