Salt water, so what

[CraigAR]

Just did my 50 hour service today and my boat has spent it's entire life in salt water but you wouldn't know that. I trailer my boat and the motors get flushed with dawn dish soap every time plus she gets rinsed and a coating of BOESHIELD T-9 on engines, jets, boat buckles and winch. Here's a pic after I did the oil change.



Pulled out just about 4 quarts


This post is really just to document how clean I keep this boat in case I ever decide to sell it lol. So don't let salt water keep you from going to look at a boat that's for sale. This boat looks better than the day I picked her up from the dealer, almost a year ago.

 

[Britboater]

I’m boating just up the water from you @CraigAR and like you, (although my boats a year older) my boat is still looking crisp and new. I do however get the occasional rust around a hinge etc but a little goof off soon gets rid of that.
I’m about to complete my 100 hour service and haven’t touched anything since the 50, it’s all about constant monitoring and cleaning.
One note to all, when I returned last fall the first time I moved my throttles, the reverse was very stiff and locked, after checking, I noticed a slight rust lump forming on the inner cable to the buckets. A tip I’d recommend is store your boat with full steering lock to starboard and second indent forward on your throttles to fully retract the cables, thus, after greaseing them, keeps them clean and out of any outside weathering.

 

[swatski]

I’m boating just up the water from you @CraigAR and like you, (although my boats a year older) my boat is still looking crisp and new. I do however get the occasional rust around a hinge etc but a little goff off soon gets rid of that.
I’m about to complete my 100 hour service and haven’t touched anything since the 50, it’s all about constant monitoring and cleaning.
One note to all, when I returned last fall the first time I moved my throttles, the reverse was very stiff and locked, after checking, I noticed a slight rust lump forming on the inner cable to the buckets. A tip I’d recommend is store your boat with full steering lock to port and second indent forward on your throttles to fully retract the cables, thus, after greaseing them, keeps them clean and out of any outside weathering.

What do you use on steering/bucket cables - if I may ask? Just curious. I'm switching to this this year, it's supposed to cling like a leech:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0068FW766/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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[CraigAR]

I'm not a big fan of grease on my cables. I like them to be more "oiled up" with a silicone spray to prevent buildup and smooth operation.

 

[CraigAR]

@swatski I've never used the chain wax version but i have used the silicone version. It does not stain the buckets either

But this is my go to

 

[swatski]

@swatski I've never used the chain wax version but i have used the silicone version. It does not stain the buckets either
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But this is my go to
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I love T-9. Except for that whitish crud it leaves if you use a lot but it's easy to clean.

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[Britboater]

T-9 is my go to rust inhibitor too @CraigAR I use it everywhere but it failed to protect the cables through the summer months here in Florida. My seizure may not of happened if I had left them retracted, as I do now.

My new regimen @swatski is to spray the cables with a spray oil, as per @CraigAR, I’ve used good old Wd-40, which after fully extending the cables I gave them a real good polish with WD and soaked them, then I applied my waterproof grease which mixed with the WD liquefied to a nice slippery coating.

To be honest, almost anything you apply seems to be wiped off the first time you retract the cables anyhow but I still feel like it’s doing some good .

 

[RadioWaves]

This brings up a good question, how do you catch the oil from the filter when replacing it? I have been changing the oil in Yamaha's since '04 and have never come up with a clean way to do it. I usually put pig mats down and just try to do it as fast as possible but it still makes a mess and I have to spend more time cleaning the bilge than it takes to change the oil.

 

[CraigAR]

This brings up a good question, how do you catch the oil from the filter when replacing it? I have been changing the oil in Yamaha's since '04 and have never come up with a clean way to do it. I usually put pig mats down and just try to do it as fast as possible but it still makes a mess and I have to spend more time cleaning the bilge than it takes to change the oil.

I take one of my wife's square Tupperware bowls and put it right under the filter and I keep a microfiber cloth handy, Gotta be quick using both hands. I unscrew the filter with one hand while holding the rag and Tupperware in the other and as soon as the filter is free I'm catching it in the bowl and wiping up the side before anything drips down.

 

[Foobar]

This brings up a good question, how do you catch the oil from the filter when replacing it? I have been changing the oil in Yamaha's since '04 and have never come up with a clean way to do it. I usually put pig mats down and just try to do it as fast as possible but it still makes a mess and I have to spend more time cleaning the bilge than it takes to change the oil.

I put a microfiber cloth around the base of the oil filter. I have an oil extraction pump that is powered by an air compressor. Once I break the oil filter free I turn on the extraction pump and place the tube near the base of the filter as I remove it. This sucks up almost all of the oil. The cloth catches the rest I then use the extraction pump to suck more oil out of the oil filter mount area. I can get most of the old oil out of the engine this way.

 

[Adrian @ JB Solutions]

Not sure if this will work, but I do it with my truck - I get three plastic grocery bags inside of each other and put them all the way around the filter to the back, and then unscrew it, I have also heard a 2 liter bottle cut in half works too.

 

[RadioWaves]

Great ideas, It is time for the oil change, spring is just around the corner!

 

[swatski]

I put a microfiber cloth around the base of the oil filter. I have an oil extraction pump that is powered by an air compressor. Once I break the oil filter free I turn on the extraction pump and place the tube near the base of the filter as I remove it. This sucks up almost all of the oil. The cloth catches the rest I then use the extraction pump to suck more oil out of the oil filter mount area. I can get most of the old oil out of the engine this way.

Huh!
S0 - is a better way to insert the suction tube - as compared to going through the dip-stick?

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[ptwb]

Just did my 50 hour service today and my boat has spent it's entire life in salt water but you wouldn't know that.

All my boating is saltwater. Give it time. I am like you, but it will eventually start to show. One year is nothing.

 

[njmr2fan]

I take one of my wife's square Tupperware bowls and put it right under the filter and I keep a microfiber cloth handy, Gotta be quick using both hands. I unscrew the filter with one hand while holding the rag and Tupperware in the other and as soon as the filter is free I'm catching it in the bowl and wiping up the side before anything drips down.

*NOTE* Remember this if @CraigAR invites you over and pulls out a Tupperware filled with Dip. I usually use a an absorbent puppy wee-wee pad under the engine.

 

[CraigAR]

*NOTE* Remember this if @CraigAR invites you over and pulls out a Tupperware filled with Dip. I usually use a an absorbent puppy wee-wee pad under the engine.

Hahaha, I stole this one from her and keep it in my garage. She has so many that she doesn't even know.

 

[Britboater]

This brings up a good question, how do you catch the oil from the filter when replacing it? I have been changing the oil in Yamaha's since '04 and have never come up with a clean way to do it. I usually put pig mats down and just try to do it as fast as possible but it still makes a mess and I have to spend more time cleaning the bilge than it takes to change the oil.

Puppy pads are your friend, a little oil runs down on the block but never much mess.