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"I have a 327F that is raw wat
"I have a 327F that is raw water cooled. When running it with a garden hose, I noticed that the starboard pipe does not put out as much water as the port side does. Port side is always putting out water but starboard side sort of puts it out in gulps. I also noticed that after running maybe 5 minutes or so, the outside of both exhaust manifolds is fairly hot. I can put my hand on them but it starts to get uncomfortable. Engine temp is fine and I am running a thermostat. The water coming out of the pipes is not hot but is warm. I checked the pressure relief valves through the housings and they were both operational and not stuck. I'm thinking that my manifolds might be plugged up with rust although when running water through the engine before starting the manifolds are cold (water temp cold). About how warm/hot should the outsides of the manifolds get? I'm getting ready to start pulling hoses to verify water flow but if they normally get hot then I won't.
Thanks -
Greg"
"I have a 327F that is raw water cooled. When running it with a garden hose, I noticed that the starboard pipe does not put out as much water as the port side does. Port side is always putting out water but starboard side sort of puts it out in gulps. I also noticed that after running maybe 5 minutes or so, the outside of both exhaust manifolds is fairly hot. I can put my hand on them but it starts to get uncomfortable. Engine temp is fine and I am running a thermostat. The water coming out of the pipes is not hot but is warm. I checked the pressure relief valves through the housings and they were both operational and not stuck. I'm thinking that my manifolds might be plugged up with rust although when running water through the engine before starting the manifolds are cold (water temp cold). About how warm/hot should the outsides of the manifolds get? I'm getting ready to start pulling hoses to verify water flow but if they normally get hot then I won't.
Thanks -
Greg"