Do you guys flush your engines?.

[bradford]

Flush mine every time. If you do it as soon as you get back to the dock the stats will still be opened up. I still flush mine for about 10 minutes.

Saltwater will rust tupperware.

[THEFERMANATOR]

I am a religous engine flusher as well, I don't even use the flush ports I always run em. Besides the fact that the sound of a 2 stroke is soothing to me, I've worked on to many engines that haven't been flushed out often. Aint nothin like telling somebody with there 3 year old engine your going to have to send pieces out to the machine shop to be welded up and repaired because of corrosion. Or the ever so popular salt creep around the head gaskets. At the minumum I would get a salt away kit and a short hose, and hook the muffs up to the engine and use the short hose to connect to the salt away kit. Lower the engine back in the water and run it till it gets up to temp on the rinse setting, then switch it over to the salt away setting and run it until the soap bubbles are visible out the water outlets(about 45-60 seconds). Shut it off and trim it back up. At least then you can get the salt neatralizer into the block to help.

[mushman]

Thanks, I never heard of that.I'll look into it.

[Blue_Runner]

I'm about ready to flush my engine....down the toilet.

No really, the lake is 10 min. from my house so I regularly run it there especially after I get back from the salt. I also use the quick flush attachment on the hose but I don't crank it on the hose because it doesn't seem to get enough water.

[Mulv80]

Not flushing your motor after using it in saltwater is like not taking a shower after the beach - Mulv

[mushman]

It's funny the only guys I ever see flushing out their engines are the ones with the quick connects.
I've never seen anyone lower their engine back into the water with muffs, but maybe I'll be the trend setter.I'm going to give it a shot and see how it goes.
Now I just got to figure out how to get the muffs on,since my engine is like 3 ft off the transom on a bracket.Maybe I'll try hitting it off the side since I have an extra long finger.

[Pipe_Dream]

Originally Posted by mushman

It's funny the only guys I ever see flushing out their engines are the ones with the quick connects.

That would be me!

Before I got the Yamaha, I ran an old Evinrude 155 for many years. It was always in salt water. I never flushed it, and I never had any corrosion-related problems, for what it's worth.

[C YENSEN]

Originally Posted by Mulv80

Not flushing your motor after using it in saltwater is like not taking a shower after the beach - Mulv

great analogy

[parishht]

I think my 150 Evinrude is too big to flush down the toilet!?!?











Of course I flush it after every use,
I trailer mine like MJ.

But I think even if I were using it in "fresh" water,
I would still flush it after every use.
Who knows what danger lurks in fresh water.