On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 04:07:03 GMT, RichH wrote:


Once the engine is 'pickled' make a decision:
1. Install a thermostat that opens fully at 135 degrees and suffer less
thermodynamic efficiency because the combustion chambers operate at a
less combustion-efficient state. OR
2. Plan to 'pickle' the engine every few years.


I've always felt bad bringing a nice yacht to a dock then just leaving
it all corroding away for sometimes weeks at a time leaving salt in
the heat exchanger and exhaust. I don't do that to outboards and
jetboats. Why is it "ok" in nice boats?

Is there a particular reason expensive yachts don't have fresh water
flush systems on, say, a sailboat auxiliary? It's so simple to
install to simply backflush it into the sea and close the seacock,
leaving the system full of clean, salt-free, fresh water that will
absorb the salt.

These engines aren't immune.....


Larry

Extremely intelligent life must exist in the universe.
You can tell because they never tried to contact us.

Not the same ------

You flush an outboard to prevent corrosion from occurring.

You cant flush the already solid precipitated carbonates as once they
form they are insoluble in water. What you formed by the elevated
temperature (greater than 105 degrees) is ROCKS!