[Rhodes22-list] Re:Yamaha and salt water - is it just mine?

[David Walker]

Mine has intales on the lower unit, just above the prop and takes a standard
ear muff.  Getting it on around the big prop was fun.  Mine is a 2001 model.

Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Friedland" <a.jayf at verizon.net>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Re:Yamaha and salt water - is it just mine?


> Dave-
> What method did you use for flushing? There's no intake for earmuffs,
> and the only way to recreate a water tank, as their owners manual calls
> for, is a large pail for the lower unit with running water.
> Jay
>
>
> On Thursday, July 17, 2003, at 08:03 PM, David Walker wrote:
>
> > My Yamaha 9.9HT is 2 1/2 seasons old.  The first two seasons I kept
> > the boat
> > at a slip and religiously flushed the engine after every use with fresh
> > water.  This year I'm on a mooring and last week after about two
> > months and
> > 10+ sails, I started the engine and no cooling water.   I found by
> > hunting
> > that dried salt had plugged the fitting where the water line exits the
> > cowling.  A small piece of wire cleaned it out and all was good. For
> > two
> > sails.  Tonite I found the same condition, same cure.
> >
> > Anyone else seeing this?  If salt is building up there in less than 2
> > months, where else in the cooling system is clogging.    One thought I
> > had
> > is that by the nature of the sailing outboard I never run the engine
> > at high
> > speed.  Any thoughts?
> >
> > Dave Walker
> > S/V Windswept
> >
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