water temperature

[Dodgezilla04]

Changed tstat with a new 160* fail safe unit. Flushed raw water side with salt away.

Still runs 205* on the extra gauge i installed.
Should the heat exchanger outlet hose be hot to the touch?! At 205* the outlet hose is hot.

[clint]

update..at last i think i found the culprit...i took the lower drive off and replaced my brand new 1 month old impeller..guess what..no overheating

i cant believe that the new impeller was defective. it looked as good as new..well problem solved...

thanks for the input guys..