Please have a look at the following pictures. One is my engine and the other one is a picture of another Maxum. How come the hoses setup different? Is there a wrong or correct way?
If you go to Mercruiserparts.com and enter your engine serial number you’ll be able to look up all the engine parts including hose to see how their routed. However I believe the second picture is correct. It provides full time cooling to the rises while manifolds don’t get water until the thermostat opens this allows the engine to warm up faster.
If you go to Mercruiserparts.com and enter your engine serial number you’ll be able to look up all the engine parts including hose to see how their routed. However I believe the second picture is correct. It provides full time cooling to the rises while manifolds don’t get water until the thermostat opens this allows the engine to warm up faster.
Second pic is from my engine room. Thank you for the link
The difference in Cooling hoses Setup
recurve my housing with new sensors and switch and thermostat. 
Linear Mode
