Inboard Flush Ideas...

[FlyinGuy1017]

I'm helping a friend get her rig ready for the season, but don't want to put the $35 up for a flush kit for her '02 something inboard wakeboard boat. Does anyone have any tricks to get water to the motor w/o a kit? I know I can always follow the line and try to hook directly into the engine, but wanted to try to keep it simple.

Thanks!!

 

[ken_23434]

Re: Inboard Flush Ideas...

Wouldn't she need a flush rig for use after each time she took the boat out? I thought everyone flushed their engine out after each trip.

 

[FunInDuhSun]

Re: Inboard Flush Ideas...

Find the thru hull that supplys water to the engine and pull the hose off inside the hull. Stick that hose in a 5 gallon bucket and run a garden hose into it. Turn on the garden hose and when the bucket is 3/4 full, start the engine. The garden hose will replenish the water supply as the engine pulls it out.
Cost $0

Your Welcome.

 

[FlyinGuy1017]

Re: Inboard Flush Ideas...

Wouldn't she need a flush rig for use after each time she took the boat out? I thought everyone flushed their engine out after each trip.

Why flush after every time out? It's a freshwater reservoir mostly filled w/ mountain runoff. Extremely little alge or other growth in there. The boat always goes to the same lake, and has 7-14 days between trips. Aquatic hitchikers die in that timeframe (in this heat). So, what could that lake cause that our hard city water wouldn't?

 

[theswissguy]

Re: Inboard Flush Ideas...

Find the thru hull that supplys water to the engine and pull the hose off inside the hull. Stick that hose in a 5 gallon bucket and run a garden hose into it. Turn on the garden hose and when the bucket is 3/4 full, start the engine. The garden hose will replenish the water supply as the engine pulls it out.
Cost $0

Your Welcome.

wouldn't that kill the impeller, as it runs dry?

 

[Bondo]

Re: Inboard Flush Ideas...

Ayuh,... I'd just skip the bucket,+ jamb the garden hose into the pickup hose...