I just once ran my motor without cowling in sal****er and the
corrosion on it was quiet significant...

Hah - I know somebody who once rinsed his inboard off with salt water.

hehe ... yeah thats about the effect I had on mine from the spray ...

The motor looked (and still looks) like it was moldy

Matt

One more thing:

Make sure the paint on your drive is tip top... paint any scratches
with paint that does NOT contain copper or such ...

Any exposed aluminum from the drive allows galvanic corrosion...

Keep all metal painted

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote in message . ..
On 24 Jul 2004 13:32:48 -0700, (Matt Lang) wrote:

wrote in message . ..
I live on salt water. If I get a new boat or one that was used in
fresh water, are their any changes that I need to make to it? Is it
true that I am supposed to flush out the drive system after each use
of the boat??

Thanks!!
Don

I would look into the following:

- Yes flush the motor after each use, if the engine has a thermostat

~~ snippity do da ~~

Great advice and very complete.

I just once ran my motor without cowling in sal****er and the
corrosion on it was quiet significant...

Hah - I know somebody who once rinsed his inboard off with salt water.

Heh, heh, heh..... :)

Later,

Tom