Salt Away

Big dave

Big dave

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C Dory Year
2006
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22 Cruiser
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Raven Dancer
Anyone ever use a product called "Salt Away" ? I have always flushed my motors with fresh water after use in the salt. This time the boat will be in the salt all summer and fall. Wonder if I should tilt it up and hook up the ear muffs and flush with fresh water ? Can you even run the motor when it is tilted ?
Thanks for any advise.
Dave.
 
Dave-
I spray the exterior of my engines and all the hardware on the boat with Salt Away after each trip but have never ran it through the engines. We have a very convenient fresh water boat launch that we stop at on the way home to flush the engines.
 
I have a 3 gallon pressure container I fill with a salt away solution. If I am running in salt water for some period and cannot flush, I flush out the entire system with the salt away solution about once a week. Don't run the motor tilted up.
 
Bob how does the pressurized system work ? Sounds pretty interesting. My Yamaha does have the water flush adaptor built in but I'm not sure if it gets down to the lower unit pump or not.
Dave.
 
Dave, thanks for starting this thread. I have been wondering about this myself.

Our boat will be in brackish water for 5 months or so. I have been looking at Salt Away, but don't see how I would flush the outboards or even spray them down there in the slip. And I am sure there is something in my marina contract that would get me strung up if I did.

For those of you that keep your boats in brackish or salt water for great lengths of time, what do you do in this situation?
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mike
 
I use my Honda in salt water all :D the time. The Chesapeake Bay. I do use the salt away adapter with the solution. I put the adapter that came with the motor. As far as HONDA 90s,I have the water pressure on low. Just enough to get a flow out the pee hole. The water does run out all of the water passages. To me, Salt away works very good. Some people pour Salt Away in the same water they use to wash the boat.
 
Salt-away is $$$$$- I use white vinegar, in the salt-away applicator, it works just as good for a lot less $$.
 
King Salmon, a local certified Honda sales/service, services the 90's on the Viking Lady and I'm told to not run the motors tipped up. The Lady stays in a covered slip 7 to 8 months a year and the motors are flushed regularly with Salt Away. I have started to use the Honda adapter which seems to being doing a good job and it's a lot easier than using muffs while in a slip. I have been told the motors should NOT be ran when flushing with the adapter and that the process does the same good job as flushing with the muffs when she is on the trailer. Flushing with the muffs when in the slip has always always been less than a dignified process - but I don't cling to the motors to graciously when they are tipped up over the water (40 years ago I may have done a little better...javascript:emoticon(':mrgreen:').) Hope I'm doing it right! I might try the Vinegar approach - sounds like a good idea.
 
King Salmon, a local certified Honda sales/service, services the 90's on the Viking Lady and I'm told to not run the motors tipped up. The Lady stays in a covered slip 7 to 8 months a year and the motors are flushed regularly with Salt Away. I have started to use the Honda adapter which seems to being doing a good job and it's a lot easier than using muffs while in a slip. I have been told the motors should NOT be ran when flushing with the adapter and that the process does the same good job as flushing with the muffs when she is on the trailer. Flushing with the muffs when in the slip has always always been less than a dignified process - but I don't cling to the motors to graciously when they are tipped up over the water (40 years ago I may have done a little better...(':mrgreen:').) Hope I'm doing it right! I might try the Vinegar approach - sounds like a good idea.
 
I think I will try the salt-away, the vinegar is a great idea and would save a bunch of $$ and I wouldn't be surprised if salt-away is just a acid too. I like the idea that the salt away is a proven product, but on the other hand vinegar has been around for thousands of years.
I guess the best way to flush after reading the post is to just hook the hose up to the flush adaptor and let the hose run.
I will be heading up to the Broughtons as soon as grandson #3 arrives (due date 6/18) I will be spending the summer & fall on the boat, If anyone would like to join me or meet up on the water or even just follow for the trailer ride up to Port Mcneill that would be great.
Thanks for all the great responses !
Dave.
 
The Salt Away, will not get below the water pump impeller--and may not get all of the way down the tubing from the pump. I started using it with a boat where there was a build up in the head of the engine (Yamaha 90-about 1992 vintage). It worked well for that engine--so I have used it since.
 
I purchased a quart of West Marine version of salt away today. It costs 50% less than SaltAway and the sales person said it was the same stuff in a different jug.

Marc.............I wonder about that solubility thing also.
 
Wefings":1ncsd2an said:
When did salt cease to become water soluble ?
Marc
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That made me laugh- :lol:

But we have seen engines that the salt has become packed into from either improper flushing (if any at all) and very small passages and Salt Away has cleared most of them up.

I don't think Salt Away is needed every time you flush the engine, but at the end of the season before putting the thing to bed, and good cleasning is a good thing.
 
Cold water is not as effective a solvent as warm or hot water. Vinegar and saltaway work better than straight water at lower temps. If one were able to flush with hot water, then salt buildup in the engine probably would not occur.
 
So are you guys using Salt Away or Vinegar to flush when your boats are in the water?

I ask because we are going to be parked in a slip (brackish water) for the next five months, and won't have any easy way to get the boat out to flush the outboards.

And as I mentioned above, I think the marina would blow a gasket if I was draining vinegar or Salt Away into the water.

However it also seems a bad idea to go all season in brackish water without flushing.

Any suggestions?
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mike
 
I honestly don't see why vinegar would be "environmentally" damaging. The ratio of vinegar to H2O would be very minute. JMO.
 
Agree, Vinegar is of little or any consiquence to the environment in the concentration you are using. It is often used to clean the marine heads.

Salt away--the same. Small amount, and large volume of water.
 
localboy":2p9ile4b said:
I honestly don't see why vinegar would be "environmentally" damaging. The ratio of vinegar to H2O would be very minute. JMO.
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That my friend is wrong thinking, and can be punished in this state. In Seattle, water from the garden hose is considered a contaminant when allowed to enter the water of Lake Union. Just rinsing off your boat (no soap) is a ticketable offense. :shock:

Really. :?
 
Oh, oh.....no comment. :wink:
 
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