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Before I deal with this heating issue further I will do as David and others suggested - calibrate the gauge with an IR gun. I cleaned both after coolers yesterday and they will be re-installed later this week and I'll post the results.
That's interesting John and I'll bet most of us have never heard of that. On my port engine BEFORE it was replaced with the reman, I had to remove some coolant for some procedure I've since forgot and to replace the lost coolant I went to Walmart and picked up some I believe Prestone. When I got back to the boat and opened the container it was orange in color, not like the green color coolant that was in the engine. I called Tony and he said it was OK to use.
The orange color coolant looks too much like diesel fuel on oil absorbing rags and makes it difficult to diagnose leaks. I don't know how to tell the color of a bottle of coolant without opening it first.
Cummins explanation:
https://www.cumminsfiltration.com/pdfs/product_lit/emea_brochures/LI33024-GB.pdf