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Description: One problem I was having with the new motors was that the fresh water and salt water hoses on the risers and manifolds were backwards. During the engine swap during the haulout in Glades Boat Yard, the hoses were put back as they were when I got the boat. They just must've been backwards the whole time I owned her! Mike and I were aware that something was amiss, but it took several phone calls from a man with a repair shop to convince us that the hoses were indeed the problem. I wish I remembered the guy and his business because he was very generous with his time and patient with our ignorance. After switching the hoses, I was disappointed to see that one was still losing water, but one seemed fixed. And now they were finally able to get up to a proper temperature without seawater constantly flushing through the closed (antifreeze) part of the engine blocks. That meant that I finally started getting readings from my temperature gauges which I thought had never worked. It turned out that they just never got hot enough to move the needles more then just a hair over the minimum readout. I had travelled quite a bit since the engine swap. And many people had generously contributed towards the cost. And the idea that we might ruin something because of installation error on our part was eating at me a lot. Mike and I continued pushing ahead though. What else was there to do? Until we knew what exactly the problems were, there was little that could be done except keep an eagle eye on those gauges and be ready should something go kablooey. It was stressful, but at this point, we felt like we were closing in on the water loss issues. The only other thing we could think of was a bad heat exchanger. And there was one that I could use waiting for us in Jacksonville... -- Follow me on: Facebook - facebook.com/lovekayak.fishing To check out Pelican International product here: WORLDWIDE Site - pelicansport.com/?marty CANADA Site - pelicansport.com/ca_en/?marty