florida gator

I know I have seen info on this hear already. Just looking for the most up to date knowledge. I never paid much attention as my marina is 10 miles up a spring fed river. Now I will have a newly rebuilt engine so I want to start it out right.

What should I do to protect the inside and outside of my engine? How often should I reapply an inhibitor?

Thanks
James

Iggy

Salt Away, from what I read, says that with repeated/regular flushings with their product it leaves a coating behind that'll inhibit further corrosion.

As for the outer surface, I don't know.
Merc has a product they spray on but it looks funky and dulls the engine color. Makes the engine look dirty all the time.

Anyone else have ideas??

florida gator

TTT, Come on guys. I try to help with advise when I can. I know there is more than 1 opinion out there.

BajaBennett

James,
Check out Salt-X as an engine flush @ www.salt-x.com
I have been using it in my new 502's. Guess I won't know if it works until we have a problem.

Dail

Tom

Salt away for the engine inside and WD40 on outside surfaces is what I've been told.

Steamin Rice

I've been flushing my motor with salt-away every time I use it, plus I coat the outside hardware with wd-40...

FloridianSon

I too just picked up some salt away kind of stuff from the store,if it works half as well as it says it does I 'll be happy

Ric232

The best stuff for the outside of the engine is CORROSION BLOCK. It's about $15 per can, but it works much better than WD-40.

Rocky Dell

Corrosion-X is what I use on the outside of the motors. It's about $15 a can, but if you buy it by the case it drops to about $11 a can.

Ric232 might be talking about the same stuff. They possibly have changed the name. I haven't bought any in about a year.

Anyway, you don't have to use it every time. It lasts a lot longer and doesn't have any alcohol in it to dry up any exposed rubber.

Rocky Dell

Here's the link for Corrosion X if anybody is interested.

http://www.corrosionx.com/