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I’m buying a 2012 Formula 290 BR w 377 Mag, Bravo Three and engines are overheating under heavy load/80% rpm. one worse than the other.
It has closed loop cooling and all raw water components (pump, elbow,riser,manifold, exchanger) have been replaced however we are still overheating on max rpm runs. Merc tech says the only remaining issue could be a case of “Bravoitis”. Hose in the outdrive that picks up the raw water is internally clogged or corroded. Tech says a simple solution is to just pull raw water from two new thruhulls and ignore the outdrives. Sort of makes sense. What about the fact that the outdrives aren’t getting water pulled through to cool the gearcases? Is this when one of those Halo Showers comes in? I’ve read that Formula puts these halo showers on their B3’s as standard equipment? I’m not near the boat to verify.
Any my help or suggestions are appreciated. Thank you.
It has closed loop cooling and all raw water components (pump, elbow,riser,manifold, exchanger) have been replaced however we are still overheating on max rpm runs. Merc tech says the only remaining issue could be a case of “Bravoitis”. Hose in the outdrive that picks up the raw water is internally clogged or corroded. Tech says a simple solution is to just pull raw water from two new thruhulls and ignore the outdrives. Sort of makes sense. What about the fact that the outdrives aren’t getting water pulled through to cool the gearcases? Is this when one of those Halo Showers comes in? I’ve read that Formula puts these halo showers on their B3’s as standard equipment? I’m not near the boat to verify.
Any my help or suggestions are appreciated. Thank you.