Why an outboard?

[spareparts]

exhaust system failure on I/Os and IB's cause a lot of problems(especially in salt). If left alone and not fushed with fresh water after each use, raw water manifolds last about 3 seasons before they need repalcement in our area, usually if you wait to the fourth season, you have waited too long and you now have damage to the engine. If they are flushed with fresh water after each use, I've seen them last five to seven years. fresh water cooled(antifreeze) manifolds generally last much longer, with the risers giving up somewhere between 5 to 10 years. You have to watch it no when ordering fresh water cooling on new engines as most of them do not include the manifolds as part of the fresh water system.

[rb437]

Hey Reel I think you've seen these before but you can check page 4 in the V20 gallery, right in the middle. Rick's '89 V20. My screen name changed to rb437 (my login) with the new site, but it's still me. The closed cooling system came from the factory. Raw water from the outdrive pump passes through the voltage regulator, then the heat exchanger, then the power steering cooler, and finally to the exhaust elbow. Everything else has fresh water flowing through it circulated by a seperate pump on the motor.

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by rb437

Hey Reel ... Raw water from the outdrive pump passes through the voltage regulator,

C'mon??...!?!?!??....REEEELY?

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by rb437

Hey Reel I think you've seen these before but you can check page 4 in the V20 gallery, right in the middle. Rick's '89 V20.

Yeah Man!!...recall your boat cause you only other cockpit cover like mine I remember seein!!...and your wife (assume your wife and not some floozy you shackin' up with??)...wearin' the V-20 sweat and checkin' out the 21...didja ever figure out who that 21 was?...