Hoses and flush kits

[tipafew]

Who is bringing hoses and flush kits? Does everyone usually bring their own?

I used to have an old in line flush kit. I was thinking about trying to make one to hook up to the pisser. What works best??

With 250 skis this process could be tricky.

 

[yamaslut]

Who is bringing hoses and flush kits? Does everyone usually bring their own?

I used to have an old in line flush kit. I was thinking about trying to make one to hook up to the pisser. What works best??

With 250 skis this process could be tricky.

we have hoses, but it may take a bit of time... I might just not flush till the end of the weekend

 

[beachedflunkey]

I usually wait til I get home to flush... it'll be aight.

 

[yamaslut]

I usually wait til I get home to flush... it'll be aight.

yeah... all the freshwater fools will be whining like whores though...
we know better than to worry about a couple days..

 

[Idok]

i flushed last year, but waited until about 8pm.........

 

[FLY6584]

yeah... all the freshwater fools will be whining like whores though...
we know better than to worry about a couple days..

Yeah it just blows me away how some of the freshwater guys are so afraid of saltwater. I know a guy who isn't even bringing his ski to Daytona because he doesn't want to ride it in the salt. :banghead:

My grandfather bought a 28ft Mako with twin 200 Yamaha Outboards new back in 1989. He lived on the intercoastal(saltwater) and the boat was on a lift and he didn't want to deal with flushing it out so he never did. He was definitely pretty well off so he wasn't worried about replacing a motor down the road.

Anyways about 13 years later and 800hrs on the engines the first engine blew.:bigeyes: Unfortunately it blew while I was fishing about 40mi offshore in the gulf.:banghead: He did always have the proper maintenance performed like new waterpumps/gearcase oil, but never regularly flushed them out.

:hail: :hail: :hail: :hail: :hail: YAMAHA

To all the freshwater guys:

It wont hurt your ski to not flush it out for a couple of days especially if you're riding it everyday. It's one thing to ride it in salt then let it sit and let oxygen get to it, but if you're riding it everyday then you have nothing to worry about. Just wait until the last day/or when you get home to flush it out.:biggthumpup:

 

[demolition_x]

Yeah it just blows me away how some of the freshwater guys are so afraid of saltwater. I know a guy who isn't even bringing his ski to Daytona because he doesn't want to ride it in the salt. :banghead:

My grandfather bought a 28ft Mako with twin 200 Yamaha Outboards new back in 1989. He lived on the intercoastal(saltwater) and the boat was on a lift and he didn't want to deal with flushing it out so he never did. He was definitely pretty well off so he wasn't worried about replacing a motor down the road.

Anyways about 13 years later and 800hrs on the engines the first engine blew.:bigeyes: Unfortunately it blew while I was fishing about 40mi offshore in the gulf.:banghead: He did always have the proper maintenance performed like new waterpumps/gearcase oil, but never regularly flushed them out.

:hail: :hail: :hail: :hail: :hail: YAMAHA

To all the freshwater guys:

It wont hurt your ski to not flush it out for a couple of days especially if you're riding it everyday. It's one thing to ride it in salt then let it sit and let oxygen get to it, but if you're riding it everyday then you have nothing to worry about. Just wait until the last day/or when you get home to flush it out.:biggthumpup:

no way... a few years ago my father bought a 1988 28 foot mako, it had twin 225 rudes.

it was kept in a saltwater slip and didn't get flushed with any freshwater until like october november. these motors are big v6 motors and last till about 3000 hours before they need to new powerhead. and they get beat pretty good in most boats running at 5k rpms for few hours straight.

salt water only hurts motors when they sit for long times with salt still in the block

 

[WAB]

for inside the motor and exhaust, just crank it up to blow and dry it out as much as possible. I may bring a 5gal bucket to dump water from the shower over the motor. I don't like for the crusty salt water to dry overnight all over everything in there.

 

[yamaslut]

for inside the motor and exhaust, just crank it up to blow and dry it out as much as possible. I may bring a 5gal bucket to dump water from the shower over the motor. I don't like for the crusty salt water to dry overnight all over everything in there.

yeah a gallon of water will do all the flushing you need..

do the internals later

 

[Idok]

for inside the motor and exhaust, just crank it up to blow and dry it out as much as possible. I may bring a 5gal bucket to dump water from the shower over the motor. I don't like for the crusty salt water to dry overnight all over everything in there.

you dont need showerwater, you have an entire ocean! :sneaky:






:biggrin:

 

[Ottis]

It's funny everytime I'm down there, I spend a half hour cleaning and flushing each night, and you guys don't worry about several days, I guess I need to not worry so much

 

[djkorn1]

Two years ago, my ski died the last day of the Jersey Rager and I couldn't flush it out for like 3 1/2 weeks. The salt cleaned all the carbon out of the inside of my pipe. The exhaust spit black syrupy goo for about 4 minutes. Nasty, nasty stuff. Didn't hurt anything though. I washed the outside of the motor, but just couldn't flush the inside.


I'll flush mine when I get back to OHIO. :woot:There is only one hose and that parking lot will be a total nightmare this year.:skull2:

I am just planning on parking across the street.

 

[hangtime]

I don't think Legdragger ever flushes his boat and you guys know how good his stuff runs .It's all in the maintenance.These are made for saltwater .

With that said I will flush my boat .:haha:

EDIT : Pete rides in the lake all the time

 

[Tuttle]

I'll hit a lake on the way home :biggthumpup:

 

[GDFL]

Butti gave his engine a thorough saltwater flushing on Sunday. :biggrin: My beach cart is covered in black exhaust goo that used to be in his pipe and cases.

 

[LisaLisa]

Womack and most of the folks that ride saltwater here on the west coast on a regular basis rarely, if ever flush.....you fresh water guys crack me up, you act like your ski is going to melt if it doesn't get some expensive salt-away and 20 minutes of flushing after each ride...LOL! Relax....you can flush it when you get home - even if home is 3,000 miles away.

Or....stop at a car wash on your way out of town.

 

[yamaslut]

werd to all you mo-fos

 

[tipafew]

Hmmmm. Okay, so I guess I will try not to be a total fresh water loser.
Maybe I could shrink wrap my entire ski to prevent any salt water from touching it. It might not run so good, but it wouldn't get salt on it:biggthumpup:

 

[yamaslut]

Hmmmm. Okay, so I guess I will try not to be a total fresh water loser.
Maybe I could shrink wrap my entire ski to prevent any salt water from touching it. It might not run so good, but it wouldn't get salt on it:biggthumpup:

he he he....

 

[Waste Land]

I flushed last year but wont this year. I'm not waiting inline with 200 something skis while each person does the operation. I may ask to borrow the hose "Right quick" and give the engine and pump and srpay.

Flush when I get home