FLUSHING

DANGER

DO NOT run the engine indoors or without adequate ventilation or permit exhaust fumes to accumulate in confined areas. Engine exhaust contains carbon monoxide which, if inhaled, can cause serious brain damage or death.

Flush your engine with fresh water as soon as possible after each use in salty, polluted, or brackish water to minimize the formation of deposits that can clog cooling passages. Flush the engine on the trailer or at dockside while it is: tilted or vertical, running or stopped.

Outboard — Running

WARNING

Prevent injury from contact with rotating propeller; remove the propeller before flushing.

1. Place the engine in vertical position in a wellventilated area with good drainage. 2. Remove the plug from the flushing port. 3. Install flushing device (if needed) and garden hose. 4. Start the water — keep pressure between 20 40 psi (140 - 300 kPa).

5. Start the engine — run it at idle only and flush it for at least five minutes. 6. Shut off the engine, remove the flusher (if used), and install the plug. If the plug is also the water pump indicator, turn it so the water streams out to the side, where it can be seen easily from the helm. 7. Leave the outboard in vertical position long enough to completely drain the powerhead.

Outboard Not Running

1. The outboard may be in a tilted or vertical position. 2. Remove the plug from the flushing port. 3. Install flushing device (if needed) and garden hose. 4. Start the water and flush the engine for at least five minutes — keep pressure between 20 - 40 psi (140 - 300 kPa). 5. Remove the flusher (if used); install the plug. If the plug is also the water pump indicator, turn it so the water streams out to the side, where it can be seen easily from the helm. 6. Lower the outboard to vertical position long enough to completely drain the powerhead.