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hancoveguy · 04-22-2010, 02:43 PM

Okay, went for a quick sea trial today on the Merrimack. Both risers seemed to heat evenly, neither got real hot but warm to the touch in cold water. Boat temp went up slow. oil pressure seemed pretty high if the guage is right (75 ish) at wot. My mechanic babied it for quite some time before we throttled it up. Very smooth, got up on plane much faster than my old express cruiser, which was a treat. We shut it down after running it for 30 minutes or so and restarted it looking for hydrolock and it fired right back up several times.

Overall very pleased. Only glitch was that the exhaust tubes in the back on both sides were leaking a bit. Not weeping but not pouring either. Mechanic will take it apart and diagnose it and we'll go from there.

Again, always looking for thoughts and experiences...

HCG

04-22-2010, 02:43 PM	#10
hancoveguy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 276 Thanks: 95 Thanked 65 Times in 30 Posts	sea trial Okay, went for a quick sea trial today on the Merrimack. Both risers seemed to heat evenly, neither got real hot but warm to the touch in cold water. Boat temp went up slow. oil pressure seemed pretty high if the guage is right (75 ish) at wot. My mechanic babied it for quite some time before we throttled it up. Very smooth, got up on plane much faster than my old express cruiser, which was a treat. We shut it down after running it for 30 minutes or so and restarted it looking for hydrolock and it fired right back up several times. Overall very pleased. Only glitch was that the exhaust tubes in the back on both sides were leaking a bit. Not weeping but not pouring either. Mechanic will take it apart and diagnose it and we'll go from there. Again, always looking for thoughts and experiences... HCG