Is there away to flush raw water inboards?

[rperla]

I want to keep my engines as clean as possible is there a simple way to flush?

 

[DemersChrisG]

Re: Is there away to flush raw water inboards?

Yep, There is an adaptor nicknamed and "ear" that fits over the bottom part of the sterndrive. It attach's to a regular garden hose so you can start and run the boat out of water without killing your motor. <br /><br />Goto any online site and type in "motor flusher" and it should pop up.

 

[rperla]

Re: Is there away to flush raw water inboards?

Thanks DemersChrisG, I forgot to mention, my motors are not sterndrive they are direct. I will check as you said, motor flushes.

 

[salty87]

Re: Is there away to flush raw water inboards?

yes, you can get an attachment that fits the bottom of the hull, looks like a plunger and connects to your hose. or, you can improvise something at home depot to attach your garden hose at one end and whatever fittings are necessary to attach to your tranny cooler. i did that route, easier than climbing under with the plunger looking deal.

 

[Olds Eddie]

Re: Is there away to flush raw water inboards?

I have a Graco flush fitting on mine that has a plug that you take out and insert an included fitting that connects to a garden hose. With a ball valve up stream of the valve, all I have to do is close the valve and hook up the hose. It also acts as an emergency bilge pump if you remove the plug and close valve if bilge is full of water. I think they call it a safty valve.

 

[tie_one_on]

Re: Is there away to flush raw water inboards?

rperla, do you have a raw water strainer? If so, I installed a 1" Tee before mine and put a ball valve with a garden hose adapter. When I want to run my engines, I shut the main valve from the lake water, hook up the garden hose, open the garden hose ball valve, tunr on the water and start the engine. In my opinion don't waste the money on a plunger style flusher. Oh, by the way, if you enver had a serious boat leak you could use youe engine pump as a big bilge pump, just put a 3-4' piece of hose with strainer in the hose fitting adapter, close your main valve and open the flushing ball valve.

 

[snapperbait]

Re: Is there away to flush raw water inboards?

Either way, Oldseddie and tie_one_on got it nailed...

 

[Reel Poor]

Re: Is there away to flush raw water inboards?

Look here<br /><br /> http://www.iboats.com/mall/index.cg... flush&**********=970963716&*******=714869865 <br /><br />I have these on eveything on my boat, both engines, generator, and a/c system.<br /><br />They work great!!

 

[jetsetc5]

Re: Is there away to flush raw water inboards?

Read the negative posts on the west marine site...just a thought

 

[Jilly - 5]

Re: Is there away to flush raw water inboards?

I have a closed system on my 302 Ford, with a raw water intake thru-hull and seacock. I put a tee just after the seacock, with a 2" hose coming up vertically, to about 6" above the air filter height. Close the seacock, insert garden hose into vertical hose and run engine. By the way, have a threaded PVC fitting on the hose end, with srcew-in hex cap. That cap has to be tight so raw pump doesn't suck air when under full power.<br /><br />I could make an emergency bilge pump out of this, but I prefer to simply run a standalone high capacity bilge pump, backed up by a manual pump. An engine's raw water pump really throws water, and can quickly exhaust a seemingly large amount of bilge water. Then you're on a "dry engine", unless you think and act real cool under the distress of a holed boat, to reach into a water-filled engine hole with the engine belts turning, boat pitching, etc. If it's that bad, make a run for shore, if possible. But of course, so much depends on why such water is coming in to begin with. But always better to lose the boat rather than losing yourself and the boat as your arm is snagged or trapped in the engine somehow.

 

[mole2]

Re: Is there away to flush raw water inboards?

I use a flusher called Pro Flushional. You can see it here: (on the bottom right)<br /><br /> http://www.go-marine.com/coast/do/catalog/page?dealerId=1521&pageNum=387 <br /><br />I wish iBoats carried it. But they don't and I ordered it from go-marine. Works great but you do get wet getting back under the boat to remove it. lol

 

[John Carpenter]

Re: Is there away to flush raw water inboards?

I also installed a "T" above my raw water intake ball valve, along with another ball valve which controls the line with the garden hose adaptor. As I boat in fresh water I have never used this to flush the engine...I use it to winterize the engine. Simply fill a 5 gal. bucket with the pink antifreeze & place a section of garden hose into the antifreeze...close the raw water valve...open the antifreeze valve and in a couple of minutes you are done. Works like a charm and of course, can also be used as an emergency bilge pump.