Henry,
Unless you run your Tug at 80% throttle (or more) almost all the time, it is best to stick with the 180 Stat. Most Tuggers run at about 50% throttle (or even a bit less) most of the time, and your engine would not reach a good working temperature with the 160, possibly creating issues. Check out sbmar.com for lots of info on marine diesels (Cummins in particular), in both their forums and under "Tony's Tips". I am not affiliated in any way, just found the site very useful and informative.
Tom Easterbrook
formerly Pilitak NT 37-068
Cummins 6BTA
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Subject: [Sentoa] 160 degree thermostat
Has anyone change their Cummi s 6BTA from the 180 to 160 degree thermostat?
Henrt Gamsby
Lyra 37-90
Fairhaven, MA
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Henry,
Unless you run your Tug at 80% throttle (or more) almost all the time, it is best to stick with the 180 Stat. Most Tuggers run at about 50% throttle (or even a bit less) most of the time, and your engine would not reach a good working temperature with the 160, possibly creating issues. Check out sbmar.com for lots of info on marine diesels (Cummins in particular), in both their forums and under "Tony's Tips". I am not affiliated in any way, just found the site very useful and informative.
Tom Easterbrook
formerly Pilitak NT 37-068
Cummins 6BTA
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From: hgamsby via Sentoa <sentoa@lists.sentoa.org>
Sent: August 26, 2022 1:29 PM
To: sentoa@lists sentoa. org <sentoa@lists.sentoa.org>
Cc: hgamsby <hgamsby@gmail.com>
Subject: [Sentoa] 160 degree thermostat
Has anyone change their Cummi s 6BTA from the 180 to 160 degree thermostat?
Henrt Gamsby
Lyra 37-90
Fairhaven, MA
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
