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    02 DF70 random oveheating

    Ok. So I replaced the poppet and the thermostat. When I opened the thermostat housing to replace, the old one was stuck OPEN. I tapped on it and it closed. Well maybe that’s my problem. I installed new thermostat and head to the lake. It done fine for several hrs of rushing spot to spot...
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    02 DF70 random oveheating

    So I may have figured this out. I’ve ordered a new thermostat and poppet. They should arrive today in the mail, so I went ahead and removed the old ones this morning. My old thermostat is stuck OPEN. I had to force it by hand to close. I threw it in a pot of water and it did open at temp...
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    02 DF70 random oveheating

    My old wasn’t terrible looking really. I only have around 300 hrs on the motor and it’s been several years since I changed it. I’m gonna order a OEM one.
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    02 DF70 random oveheating

    Forgot to add that yesterday I spent all day fishing several spots. WOT runs back and forth with no issues. Then when I went to leave for the day, it started doing it again. I stayed around 4800 RPM and it didn’t do it
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    02 DF70 random oveheating

    A couple weeks ago I made a WOT run to a spot that was about 30 mins away. I was idling in the channel due to it being shallow. My motor dies and I thought maybe I’d bumped the bottom. I go to restart and my battery is dead. So I swap to a trolling battery and make a u turn back to the ramp...
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