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nkosi 12-15-2010 07:46 AM

Moving from salt to fresh
 
Hi All,

Just purchased a boat that has spent its whole life in fresh water. It's now moving to the Virgin Islands in salt. Anything I should be mindful of on the engines (Mercury 250 xs') when going from fresh to salt?

Thanks for any advice.

VetteLT193 12-15-2010 07:58 AM


Originally Posted by nkosi (Post 3274960)
Hi All,

Just purchased a boat that has spent its whole life in fresh water. It's now moving to the Virgin Islands in salt. Anything I should be mindful of on the engines (Mercury 250 xs') when going from fresh to salt?

Thanks for any advice.

zincs are usually different, other than that just flush it out after every use.

apache727 12-15-2010 09:44 AM

if you have fat shaft lowers, the prop shafts rust and then break if not cared for. Buy some corrosion X and flush and rinse like he said.

seafordguy 12-15-2010 12:39 PM

I use Salt-Away when I flush as do most of the other saltwater boaters on this site.


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