Fresh Water Flush

countryboy996

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If I installed a "T" with a valve for a water hose, in the raw water line coming in from the transom to the engine, would you still be able to run the engine without burning up the impeller in the LU?
 

Scott Danforth

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with an alpha drive - NO

run it on the muffs, or if you dont want to use the muffs, get a superflush kit. I ran an SF-400 for years.
 

Bt Doctur

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you could using this setup if you in the water and want to flush it CANNOT DO THIS ON A TRAILER
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countryboy996

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if I don't run the engine, is ok if I do the "T" to flush it better after I run it on muffs?
 

Bt Doctur

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running it on muffs is all you need to do to flush it on a trailer. Vovlo uses that system but they dont use an impeller in the outdrive, there`s is engine mounted.
 

Bt Doctur

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as clean as it needs to be, just run it untill it comes up to normal temp and the tstat opens
 
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