[Rhodes22-list] Outboards

[Mary Lou Troy]

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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