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

[Jay Friedland]

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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