Testing Yanmar diesel on the hard?

[skipperpete]

Originally Posted by Rdubs

Related question for you guys. I'd like to clean out the water intake passages in the saildrive. Is the best way to just pour water down the hose from the strainer coming from the saildrive and let it reverse flush out the intake ports? I think there's one big port on the bottom, I'll tape over that to get more water coming out the side intake ports.

You can de barnacle the front port easily with a length of threaded rod or similar but the side ports are a much harder proposition. I have an SD 40 saildrive apart for new seals and diaphragm and the side port waterway had barnies all the way up. What was more interesting was what I found when I split the leg, a sheet of thin plastic had made it to the joint between upper and lower units.

[BBill]

Originally Posted by Ringmaster

I would suggest that you check with the management at your marina/boatyard regarding running your engine on the hard. At the very least check your contract. If your boat goes over and takes 3 others with it guess who's liable.

Without getting into a lengthy and detailed response...boatyard operations and laws in the Bahamas are in a totally different world than what you experience in the USA. Comparing to the USA is night and day.

Disclaimer: Opinion, not legal advise.