I am hopefully picking up my new to me boat this weekend. I do have a question for all of you OX66 afficionado's out there. The boat is going to be stored in a Saltwater slip during the season. And the OX66 has a connector on the engine for a hose to flush the engine. The prior owner said that he was told it was better to use the muffs instead.Any opinions?
Based on what I read in the owners manual, the cowling hose connection is for flushing without running the engine and the muffs are required to run the engine. From an practical standpoint, if you have the boat in a slip it will be difficult to flush with muffs.
connector is a good alternative when in a slip and not able to use muffs. best is muffs when out of water. don't run engine with connnector as water pump needs to see water or will fry.
I got a Salt a Way kit and use it everytime I come back to the slip. I put a plastic quick disconnect from Lowes garden on both ends, including the engine. A female perminately on the engine cowling connector and a male on the engine hose end [which screws off to connect the hose]. Use a female non-auto shut off on the end of the kit dispenser, then you can spray the SaW when not connected to the engine flush connector.The water pressure is to high for the kit at my slip. The first time I used the kit the pressure blew the blue stuff out of the cup. I got a $5 plastic pressure reducer also at Loews [$40 at west marine] and it works very well. After the engine, I use the remaining stuff on the outside of the boat. Great stuff. I do not even have to wipe down the windows...no spots.Also be sure to retract the tilt rods all the way. Every other [all] boats in my complex do not have the rods retracted. Tilt all the way up. Put the tilt brace down to hold the engine up. Then run the tilt down until the bottom two tilt rods are all the way in. After a while you can tell by the pump noise when they are in, without even looking. Like a starter, run the tilt pump in spurts so it will not overheat.Good luck.ps sorry I can not help with ice in your slip, I don't have a clue...ha
Flushing Attachment for Yamaha OX66
Linear Mode
