[Rhodes22-list] motor flushing/ non political

[Lou Rosenberg]

Mary Lou

Much thanks for your input.  I agree that I should probably flush  
after each use assuming I will not be back right away.
Best to be a bit overprotective of my new investment.  The Tohatsu is  
not a quiet motor when full open, but I can live with its
noise.  My next motor is going to be E L E C T R I  C and have the hp  
of a 6hp.  I have faith and HOPE in the creativity of our
marketplace and upcoming GREEN culture.

Lou
On Aug 27, 2008, at 7:08 PM, Mary Lou Troy wrote:

> I think you're right. They don't make motors like they used to. I
> think it's a "modern" 4 stroke issue. I remember reading that the 4
> strokes have narrower passages and closer tolerances. I put modern in
> quotes because we heard some rumblings about it when we bought our
> Honda in 1998 and some of those rumblings were 10 years old then.
> Quiet was a real issue for us because we knew that even if we sailed
> out for an overnight there was a good chance we would motor back.
> Those motor backs were a lot more pleasant with the quiet Honda.
>
> Mary Lou
> 1991 R22  Fretless
> Rock Hall, MD
>
> At 06:08 PM 8/27/2008, you wrote:
>> I really wonder if it is all that necessary to flush the motor.   
>> Maybe we
>> have been lucky for nearly 30 years.  Maybe they don't make  
>> engines like
>> they used to.  I use a mooring in the Nissequogue River and have  
>> no access
>> to fresh water after motoring to mooring.  I just raise and tilt  
>> the old '79
>> Suzuki DT7.5 2-cycle that is mostly aluminum and never seemed to  
>> have an
>> issue with salt (LI Sound.)  It still starts on the first or  
>> second pull and
>> runs like a champ (even on E-85 mixed with 2-cycle oil.)  Never  
>> quite but
>> always dependable.
>>
>> Maybe it is just running on memory like the rest of us ...
>>
>> Mike
>> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
>> Nissequogue River, NY
>>
>> From: "Mary Lou Troy" <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>Sent: Wednesday,  
>> August 27, 2008
>> 5:49 PM
>>> After every use if it is going to be sitting for more than a day or
>>> two. The new Yamaha has a flushing port. Just hook up the hose and
>>> let it run for 5 or 10 minutes. Motor doesn't have to be on.   
>>> Salt in
>>> the cooling passages killed our old Honda so the flushing feature  
>>> was
>>> part of our decision on the Yamaha. The Hondas we looked at had a
>>> similar mechanism but you had to take the cowling off to get to it.
>>> Don't know if the Nissan/Tohatsu motors are as prone to saltwater
>>> corrosion but we didn't want to risk it after killing the Honda. It
>>> didn't have a flushing mechanism other than muffs or a bucket which
>>> seemed to us to be too hard to do in the slip.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Mary Lou
>>> 1991 R22 Fretless
>>> Rock Hall, MD
>>>
>>> At 04:59 PM 8/27/2008, you wrote:
>>>> Curious to know how often any body flushes their outboards ?
>>>>
>>>> I m doing it every few weeks right now. Really foul foul water near
>>>> my slip.
>>>> I use a large bucket under the prop , raising my Garelick mount up
>>>> all the way the prop is almost out of the water.
>>>> I ve got the Tohatsu 6 with 20" shaft.  new motor
>>>>
>>>> Lou
>>>> s/v Miracles
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 27, 2008, at 4:00 PM, Benjamin Cittadino wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Tootle;
>>>>>
>>>>> I believe President Clinton was suspended (not disbarred) for 5
>>>>> years by
>>>>> the Arkansas Supreme Ct.  There was later an order by the US  
>>>>> Supremes
>>>>> disbarring him from practice in that Court, but it may have been
>>>>> contested (I forget, but who's counting?). The actions were taken
>>>>> because of allegations of untruthful testimony under oath.
>>>>> Remember the
>>>>> well publicized argument over his statement that "there is no  
>>>>> affair",
>>>>> and his position that at the time it was made the statement was
>>>>> accurate, depending on "what the definition of IS is". Come on, ya
>>>>> gotta
>>>>> love the guy.
>>>>>
>>>>> By the way, my  old 9.9 Yamaha is runnin' like a top ( uh oh,  
>>>>> did I
>>>>> just
>>>>> tempt the gods?).  The maintenance manual is available online  
>>>>> from a
>>>>> number of sources.  The "Sta-bil" seems to hold it together and 87
>>>>> octane is plenty.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ben C.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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