Motor Flushing

[greasysidedown]

What's the consensus about flushing your motor after running in the salt water then traveling upriver for a half hour being that salt water has a higher density than fresh water.

I'm talking in my case of fishing the Sandheads [Frazer river mouth] and using the boat launches in Ladner.


Even flushing the kicker at or prior to the boat launch.

High tide/low tide?

[Keta1969]

At the depth the intakes are on an outboard I don't believe it would make a difference. Even at Sandheads there will be some fresh water on top. Worked on fishing boats for years and always settled a fair amount heading up river with a load at various stages of the tide.

[zuktaylor]

I'd just flush it anyways, especially if the tide is coming in and the current is going up

[mcmullmar]

Flush it. The Fraser has lots of silt that I would want out my engine

[Phila]

Like you I launch in Ladner and fish Sandheads. I have two Yammys with flushing connections. I flush with Saltaway after each trip using the flushing connection (not the clamshell fitting). Works for me.

[BriarPatch]

I have owned various motors and always flushed after salt or any type of dirty water

[Sasqman]

Yip. Always flush when coming out of salt or the fraser.

[blaine]

not only the salt but what about the green shite that always on your boat hull and inside the engine when you run the lower part of the river

[tigrr]

not only the salt but what about the green shite that always on your boat hull and inside the engine when you run the lower part of the river

No worries that is just sewage slime from up river!