Factory Fresh Water Flush Question?
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Factory Fresh Water Flush Question?
Hey guys, any of you have the factory fresh water flush on your engines?
I went to flush the engines last night and I must be doing something wrong?
Hooked up the hose to the fitting and nothing came out?
It is like there is a valve somewhere that needs to be turned on?
I had the guardian system on my old 272 and you just hooked up the hose and out the exhaust the water came.
What am I doing wrong?
Thank Mark
I went to flush the engines last night and I must be doing something wrong?
Hooked up the hose to the fitting and nothing came out?
It is like there is a valve somewhere that needs to be turned on?
I had the guardian system on my old 272 and you just hooked up the hose and out the exhaust the water came.
What am I doing wrong?
Thank Mark
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That's a good question, Mark. As far as I know, you should be able to do just what you were doing...Thread in the hose and flush.
That's how mine works, but I've got a 496. When I turn the hose on, I get water coming out. Maybe something different going on there.
That's how mine works, but I've got a 496. When I turn the hose on, I get water coming out. Maybe something different going on there.
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OK, so you do have to start the engine?
That is where I messed up. Having only used the guardian system which does not require starting the engine, I guess I got confused.
I ended up putting the muffs on after I got home from the coast and flushing the drives and engines.
Thanks guys.
That is where I messed up. Having only used the guardian system which does not require starting the engine, I guess I got confused.
I ended up putting the muffs on after I got home from the coast and flushing the drives and engines.
Thanks guys.
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On mine, when i hook up the water and turn the water on, it comes out of the lower unit water intakes. I just have a "tee" in my main intake line and the other tee end goes to the hose fitting for the fresh water flush. When I start my motor is stops comeing out of the lower unit and of course goes the other way into the engine.
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Thank guys, this is very interesting. The dealer went over all of this, there was just too much to obsorb at the time.
I had the boat in the water at the dock in Charleston when I hooked it up.
Just use to the Guardian which is an after market set up where you flush the engine without starting it, in or out of the water.
Mark
I had the boat in the water at the dock in Charleston when I hooked it up.
Just use to the Guardian which is an after market set up where you flush the engine without starting it, in or out of the water.
Mark