barrieaust...

Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 6:10pm
Post Subject: Over heating engineI have a narrow boat powered by a Ford 1800glx diesel engine and I have an overheating problem. With a thermostat fitted after 15/20mins at 600 revs the temp is 150c.Take the thermostat out and it runs at 80c but of course we have very little hot water for showers. We have tried drilling a hole in the thermostat and it still boils. As the gearbox is also water cooled and this gets very hot we have had to leave the thermostat out. We have taken out every available cooling pipe to check for a blockages and found nothing. Have you come across a similar situation and can you help? Thanks in anticipation Barrie.