[Rhodes22-list] Outboards

[johnrowland]

On 5/2/2012 5:45 PM, Mary Lou Troy wrote:
> Hi Rick,
> Our old Honda - the one that died from salt corrosion in the cooling
> passages - could be flushed with earmuffs. It was a big process to
> tilt it, hang over the stern and reach to the end of the long shaft
> to fit the earmuffs, get a hose on them and then start the motor. I
> don't think we could actually do it. Where we are, the water is just
> brackish so we figured we'd be OK with seasonal flushes when we took
> the boat out of the water. We didn't adjust our process (never
> thought of it) when we started taking a lot of weekends south to
> saltier water. Motor was fine for 8 or 9 years before it finally and
> suddenly quit. The passages were completely clogged. We decided that
> ease of flushing would be one of our criteria for the new motor. The
> flushing port on the Yamaha is near the top of the motor. You don't
> have to remove the cowling, fit earmuffs or run the motor. I think
> the newer Hondas have a flushing port as well but last I looked, you
> had to remove the cowling to get to it. We flush the motor every time
> we come back into the slip - it's that easy to do.
>
> Mary Lou
>
>
>
> At 03:54 PM 5/2/2012, you wrote:
>> ML,
>>
>> If you can kick up your motor, you can flush it.  The old fashioned way is
>> to use "ear muffs" over the water intake and run the motor a couple minutes
>> to flush with the water pump.
>>
>> Rick
>>
>> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Mary Lou Troy<mtroy at atlanticbb.net>  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi David,
>>> Question on flushing your Tohatsu - could you do that with the boat
>>> in the water? It's a concern for us as we keep the boat in a slip -
>>> might not be a problem if you trailer. Sounds like a nice motor.
>>>
>>> Mary Lou
>>>
>>>
>>> At 02:49 PM 5/2/2012, you wrote:
>>>> I bought the Tohatsu Sailpro 6 hp motor last year and am happy with it.
>>>>
>>>> You can flush it using a hose.  The attatchment fits under the bottom of
>>>> the motor housing and you are supposed to tape over the intake on the
>>>> shaft.
>>>>
>>>> It has an alternator and can be connected to your battery to keep them
>>>> charged.
>>>>
>>>> I bought the 25" shaft.  You could go 20" depending on where your mount
>>>> is.........
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> David B. Craft
>>>> Greensboro, NC
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Yamaha is VERY easy to flush---in salt water it is not a bad idea to do 
often
John