It had been a while and was time to adjust the valves on the 5432. An easy and straightforward job. I found three of the four exhaust valves tighter than .005 and put them all back to .008 or so. The tolerance is .007 to .009. After doing this, I don't know how it can be that related, the engine runs a good 10 degrees cooler. Really obvious difference. Having tight valves will heat up the valves and head a bit as the exhaust gases will get up around there more, but 10 degrees? I've been running about 175 with my 175 thermostat, and now after doing nothing else to the engine it is sitting at 165.
Anyway, I also went to an Axiom + charplotter to replace our trust old Raymarine hybrid touch. I made this change in order to get the latest Navionics maps and operating speed of the faster unit. I've come to love the Navionics app on my phone, and having the chartplotter be the same map is great. The only drawback that is a head scratcher is why they don't make the Axiom + with any knobs. No knobs. Wet cold screens will not be easy to control. My plan when this is trouble is to rely on my phone mounted inside the pilothouse.
Went to Jones Island this past weekend to do boat maintenance in an exotic location. Will be back aboard next weekend for the long weekend and probably go to Stuart, which we love in winter and have to ourselves. Will be loving our Cubic Mini heater and just got the water heater attachment for it to enable dual purpose use and more tea!
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