Posted by mikegcny on 10/07/15 - 10:01 AM
#8
dreilly wrote:
My Yamaha has the water fitting on the port side of the motor. I can reach it from the boat or standing on the bulkhead while the boat is in the belts.
The port on the engine is to flush the power head. I don't think that you can run your motor on it. When running you need to have the muffs attached to the lower unit.
When I flush I use two hoses - one to the power heard, one to the lower unit via muffs. I also use salt terminator.
Why cant you run while the muffs underwater. Even if some salt water does get in around the muffs it will be better than not flushing at all.
I have a friend who only flushes once a season when he winterizes the boat. I can't imaging doing that. I flush each time.