Blue thru engine flush

[ukspearo]

Anyone use this for helping to desalt their outboard at the end of the year?

the engine isn’t clogged or blocked or anything, it’s just a precautionary flush to remove salt build up and inhibit corrosion over winter  

if you do use it, is it any good ? 
I’ve got a query about the instructions, it says to flush with engine cold, but then the flush is bypassing most of the engine block because the thermostat is closed. Did you remove the stat and then flush ?

any help much appreciated!

thanks 

ben
 

 

[Saintly Fish]

8 hours ago, ukspearo said:

Anyone use this for helping to desalt their outboard at the end of the year?

the engine isn’t clogged or blocked or anything, it’s just a precautionary flush to remove salt build up and inhibit corrosion over winter  

if you do use it, is it any good ? 
I’ve got a query about the instructions, it says to flush with engine cold, but then the flush is bypassing most of the engine block because the thermostat is closed. Did you remove the stat and then flush ?

any help much appreciated!

thanks 

ben
 

 

If your engine isn't blocked then just run it in cold fresh water for 5-10 mins. That's all I do once a year with my 5hp tender motor. If the engine is used regularly then a build up should occur, that would normally happen if it's left for prolonged periods. 
This obviously not guaranteed care advise, just what I do. 

[ukspearo]

It’s been very thoroughly run in fresh water but nonetheless when you pull the internal anodes or thermostat you still find salty gunk around them …… if that’s there , it’ll be building up elsewhere and eventually clog some channel in the head ! 
 

 

[JonC]

I hear good things about using Sea Foam. It’s some sort of fuel additive though I have no experience of using it on myself. 

[willyhookit]

by far the  best engine flush is   ( Salt off ) made by starbright       next  choice  would be  ( Salt Away )       never used   Blue thru   myself    i made up a  Deep  clean engine flush   using a  pond pump    that connects to the flush port    the pump needs to go into a large   bucket   and be stood  2 inch off the bottom so as not to pick up any   crap thats been flushed out   the bucket needs to large enough  the collect  the water  so it recirculates      this can be left    for over an  hour or more    it works at a little higher  water pressure than the STD  water pump  fitted to your out board Engine     so really get into the  hard to flush  places in your engines water passages     for my aux engine  ive made a  flush  bag    ( Dave lewis )  did a review in the sea angler  mag     as   flush muffs  dont fit onto most AUX  engines    and if your local water pressure it  not that  strong   you might as well p-ss   into the flush port           tight lines Alain 

 

[JDP]

Ive been using salt-away for around 25yrs now which keeps my engine internals looking like new as well as my trailer etc. Ive never seen any comparison testing which has proven salt off or any other brand to be the best so perhaps willyhookit could share the link where he go his info from on that one. It seems to me there are so many copies but having tried a few other brands, I soon went back to salt away as the two others I tried stained my boat and hands blue.