Motor flushing
 

Just curious, how many of you guys flush your motor after fishing salt water?

I have a mercury 150 salt water edition and flush every time.

I flush every time. I did add a quick connect on the back of my Optimax so that the hose connects easily.

70 Yamaha - i flush after every trip with the motor on for 10 minutes and then let it run through the house connection for 15 minutes.

Yami 200 I flush it for 30 mins af5wr each trip

I flush every single time and use Woody-Wax flush system. Love it!


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225 SHO after every trip not started.

Everytime. 90 force (pos) I flush for a few minutes till the water tastes fresh coming out. Then I usually cut off the water and let it run out so its not sitting up in the water pump. Extreme changes in water temp can crack the plastic impeller. That's why I pump it dry. Motor is a 97 model. If had it 10 years and changed pump once and it wasn't broken when I changed it.

flush everytime are you will regret it later

Flush every time...

Although I fish salt all the time I run out of Venice so the river flushes it for me. When I run out of Empire I flush usually flush it. Some times I am going back to Venice the next day so I don't bother.

I flush every time I go in salt water and make sure its a minimum of 30+ running on the hose.

if I go fresh water I don't flush and if im in brackish water that has no salt taste, I don't flush.

flushing might be an extra hassle but its damn cheap insurance to make your motor last longer.

Yamaha F250.........3 beer flush every trip..:D:D

I'd like to hear from some of the guides that fish everyday. I used to flush religiously after every trip. Nowadays if I am fishing the next day I don't flush it.

Me too. I can't believe guides who put their boats up on a lift are flushing every single time.

Every time. If I fish in the evening sometimes I will wait till the next day but it still gets flushed.

My boat mechanic told me to take a miracle grow feeder fill it with antifreeze and connect a hose to the end of it to the muffs and run till it not green anymore and it will remove all
The salt from your motor

I always run the boat with the hose connected for about 30 minutes..

I also take the motor cover off and spray it down with salt away and rinse.

I do the same, every time.

115 Yamaha 4 stroke- Hook up the hose the minute we get back to the house EVERY time!!!

250 SHO After every trip. Usually hook it up and let it run while I unload and clean everything else

Pics please

"Salt away" is this something I can get a West Marine....would like to try.

I have seen it there i usually use one of these two depending on what I found last time i needed more. The star brite comes with a thing that connects to the hose and bottle.

http://www.starbrite.com/item/salt-o...ctor-with-ptef

http://www.saltawayproducts.com/KitPage.htm

West marine has the salt away

I just rented a lift from spicers. How am I supposed to flush after every trip? I was wondering about this

Motor flushing
 

If you have an older outboard without a flush fitting: theflushingstick.com

Merc: get a 6" water hose protector with the spring. Leave it screwed into the flush port, trim the motor up and turn to the side, connect the water hose and flush.

The Yamaha flush port can be easily disconnected standing on the back deck. Not sure if other brands have flush ports.


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So, most of you guys are saying to flush for 30 mins? Is that about right? I have been flushing for only 5 - 10 minutes. So, I need to flush longer?

yes I view 30 minutes as minimum time.

think of it like this, the salt "film" has dried on the surfaces inside your motor and just wetting it doesn't make it let go, it needs time to dissolve that film in there so how long does it take salt to dissolve when you put it in standing water and don't stir it? that's about how long it takes that film to dissolve and be washed away. most times when I get home I start it on the muffs first, then by the time I unload the boat, clean the fish, take a bath, its been between 30 minutes to an hour of flushing.

when I replace my water pump and have the lower unit off the motor, I also cap the water tube in the mid section (rubber hose and an old bolt) and then I remove the thermostat cover, then I fill up the blocks water jackets until its full with used motor oil I save from oil changes that I run through an old tee shirt to filter out anything in it.. this "oil soak" neutralizes any corrosion that is in the engine that did occur and stops it in its tracks. then after sitting like that for at least and hour I uncap the water tube and let it all run out into a jug until it stops dripping. note after doing this you may see a drop or two of oil drip from lower unit water screen so keep that in mind if your park it on a concrete driveway, I just go run it in a fresh water canal afterwards to test the new impeller and flush out any remaining oil at the same time.

this does cause a little of an oil sheen at the launch for the first few minutes you run it afterwards until it washes out all the remaining oil so I wouldn't try running it in the yard or it will kill your grass. just keep it in mind so you don't think you have a problem or if you are going somewhere where environmental concerns are important.

You can buy those products at Academy, which should be cheaper than West Marine.

After fishing in saltwater, I stop at the boat launch in Moss Bluff on the Calcasieu river. I leave the boat "clamped" to the trailer and back all the way down to help wash the boat trailer. I then pull up some and crank up the engine to flush out the engine.

I usually only run the engine for about 5 minutes. Cold water does not dissolve salt as good so maybe during the winter the flush time should be longer.