I'm shocked!! You let salt water stay in your motor all Sumer?DaleH":3entuxnw said:Never, ever bothered to flush an OB motor. And with proper maintenence and care I see no reason to ...
Is your boat in a lake? We have very high salt. Everyone at our marina replaced the zinc only after 3 or 4 months.DaleH":15twwkaf said:Never, ever bothered to flush an OB motor. And with proper maintenence and care I see no reason to ...
Ok. I was told that. I do run it with ears.warthog5":2q2rknu7 said:Do NOT run the motor when using the flush ports.
Is your motor a AP with Low water pick up?
Screen on front of bullet
warthog5":6qwmrcgq said:Do NOT run the motor when using the flush ports.
Ok. I was told that. I do run it with ears.
I don't know if it has that. Boats is up in Long Island. The lower water pick up is at the lower end ? Can you put a x on the picture. Thanks.warthog5":1xi0zla5 said:Ok. I was told that. I do run it with ears.
But you didn't answer my question....... Do you have the low water pickup as in the pix on mine?
If so........The low water pickup is covered with duct tape and the ears can be used to run the motor.
They must be covered or it will suck air there.
If you read the owners manual it does say cover with duct tape.
No, I don't have that on the motor. What year is your motor? Mine is 2015. I am kind of glad it doesn't have that. I flush the motor with only using the ears. I don't like using the flush out plugs on motor because if you can't run it it's not flushing the head. Mayb if you did it hot and fast but once the thermostat close your not flushing anything but the lower unit.warthog5":1x6w53rp said:LOL..... I did.... Look at the pix above I posted.
Look at the bullet shape of the housing. There is a screen in the end of the bullet area. That is the low water pick up. Then there is the normal screen pickup.
warthog5 said:That is a 2013 and they have them on a 2015 also.
Here is what it tells me...... You don't have a AP. Whats that?
Look here:
This is the standard DF-250
http://www.suzukimarine.com/Product%20Brochures.aspx
This is the AP DF-250
http://www.suzukimarine.com/~/media/Mar ... -%20DF250i. I have the DF-250. I know it doesn't have the counter rotation. Now I have to look on line. Does it have low gear and high ?
My dealer doesn't know if it has the low reduction gear.
When you boats in the water and you use the front or rear what ports in front and rear. I know you are to not run motor. But what is it washing ? Because if the thermostat are closed it's not going through the motor or heads.warthog5":3l96xt47 said:It has the reduction gear....Otherwise known as the offset Crankshaft / Driveshaft.
The info is all right here.
http://www.suzukimarine.com/~/media/Mar ... ochure.pdf
Note the pix page 4 with the Orange line in the cutaway pix.
My dealer doesn't know if it has the low reduction gear.
One word comes to my mind...........Incompetent...........Does not know their product.
Marty D":175rh45z said:When you boats in the water and you use the front or rear what ports in front and rear. I know you are to not run motor. But what is it washing ? Because if the thermostat are closed it's not going through the motor or heads.
Even if the therm closes ? That would be a lot great.Megabyte":2zmsa3fc said:Marty D":2zmsa3fc said:When you boats in the water and you use the front or rear what ports in front and rear. I know you are to not run motor. But what is it washing ? Because if the thermostat are closed it's not going through the motor or heads.
If you use the flush port, everything gets flushed.
That is how the flush port is designed.
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