alandchris
Petty Officer 2nd Class
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- Dec 25, 2007
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I probably should wait til I get home to read my manual before posting these questions.... but....
1) On the left side of my engine i have a flush connection, I remember the sales person telling me you connect a normal garden water hose to it and run the engine for a few minutes to clean out the salt water. Another guy at this boat place says he thinks you don't run the engine while flushing it. This is with the boat out of the water. What's the right answer ?
2) On the bottom of my fuel pump, there is a small diameter hose that goes up to the thermostat housing. Or at least I think it's the thermostat housing. Is that supposed to be for the fuel pump cooler ?
3) PS. I read all the posts of how not to use the 'muffs' with antifreeze etc, how the t-stat won't open anyway etc.... But after questioning my service department about something else, we got into a discussion on how his place puts the outdrive into a large container holding antifreeze and runs the boat (probably after draining out the water first) - and I said the manual states to just open up the blue plastic drains on the block and manifolds, the raw water and circulatin pumps and also the hose on the fuel pump. His argument is that's not enough because tiny amounts of water would still be left in the motor (where?) and draining just wasn't enough.
Your thoughts on the above 3 q's ?
1) On the left side of my engine i have a flush connection, I remember the sales person telling me you connect a normal garden water hose to it and run the engine for a few minutes to clean out the salt water. Another guy at this boat place says he thinks you don't run the engine while flushing it. This is with the boat out of the water. What's the right answer ?
2) On the bottom of my fuel pump, there is a small diameter hose that goes up to the thermostat housing. Or at least I think it's the thermostat housing. Is that supposed to be for the fuel pump cooler ?
3) PS. I read all the posts of how not to use the 'muffs' with antifreeze etc, how the t-stat won't open anyway etc.... But after questioning my service department about something else, we got into a discussion on how his place puts the outdrive into a large container holding antifreeze and runs the boat (probably after draining out the water first) - and I said the manual states to just open up the blue plastic drains on the block and manifolds, the raw water and circulatin pumps and also the hose on the fuel pump. His argument is that's not enough because tiny amounts of water would still be left in the motor (where?) and draining just wasn't enough.
Your thoughts on the above 3 q's ?
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