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Stuck clean out plug.

Pull them, rebuild them, pull them after every outing, don't put anything on them. They should just drop in to place and remove with no effort.
 
pumps and hose said:
Any help? Port cleanout is stuck in place.
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@pumps and hose .....I bought a 2020 SX195. While awaiting delivery I read this forum and saw concerns about sticking plug(s). Before putting the boat into the water I put a liberal coating of Yamaha marine grease all around the gasket of the pump. Have wet slipped the boat for about 5 weeks now. I leave the plug in. Have never had a problem getting it out. At 6 weeks I will pull the plug, wipe the grease off with a rag, clean the inside of the plug tunnel and re-grease the plug. That should take about 10 minutes. I will repeat again in 6 weeks. No fuss. I WILL remove it for winter storage. :cool:
 
tdonoughue said:
I prefer silicone gasket gel like I use for the pool. Cheap and much less messy than grease. Very effective. I use it a few times a season. Just wipe a thin coat on.

Amazon.com : 4oz Lube Tube - Pool Gasket Lubricant : Swimming Pool Pump Parts : Garden & Outdoor

Amazon.com : 4oz Lube Tube - Pool Gasket Lubricant : Swimming Pool Pump Parts : Garden & Outdoor
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@tdonoughue ....I get that - the grease works great but, like you said, it IS messy. I have a paper towel handy to rest the plug on. I like the idea of a silicone gasket gel that you know works. Silicone sprays can cause a lot of damage to rubber compounds depending on their chemical composition. Helped a friend install a set of Pella windows in his house a years ago. He called me a couple of years later in a panic. he had decided to wipe gaskets with a silicone spray - wrong spray - we had to replace all of the gaskets. $ + time = not funny! have a lot of other "stories" of silicone sprays causing trouble. I'll take a look at some gel! I'm also going to order a clean-out plug repair kit - just in case! ?
 
@Canuckjetboater I ordered this and it came in today and I applied it. It appears to be great stuff. I used it on my clean out plugs and all of my keel and compartment plugs.
 
It you have a ratchet strap and a piece of wood that will get you in a pinch. I would suggest rebuilding them. I just did mine this year and now they work really smooth.
 
Last couple times out I noticed the engagement of the plugs seemed a bit more difficult. I decided to clean the gaskets and the tubes as over the years with the grease I used on them got a little gummy. No one ever really talks about cleaning the tubes. I took one of those yellow and green scrubbies and cleaned out the tubes the best I could.
 
Anyone have a link to the rebuild kits?I think its time because Yesterday when I went to remove them one was released, when I pushed the button nothing happened like it was never locked. EZ locks in place did its job, Thanks Jeff
 
Evil Sports said:
Last couple times out I noticed the engagement of the plugs seemed a bit more difficult. I decided to clean the gaskets and the tubes as over the years with the grease I used on them got a little gummy. No one ever really talks about cleaning the tubes. I took one of those yellow and green scrubbies and cleaned out the tubes the best I could.
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Been having issues of late pulling and reinstalling the plug... The plug itself looks fine but the socket feels as if the metal has pitted or has growth?... I am going to get some sandpaper down there to clean the edges of the socket and lube would be great but it is below the water line. Hoping I can just grease it up for easier insertion.
 
Our boats are the same age, I bit the bullet and did the rebuild kits. Engagement seems much better but I havnt been out on the water. What surprised me was how much water was in the plugs. Make sure your prepared to deal with a good 6-8 ozs of water when you pick the place to do your rebuild.
 
Wet slip my boat. Tons of weeds and zebra mussels in the area. Clean my clean-out port after every trip: clean out the weeds, polish the port with a scotch brite sponge and once every couple of weeks clean the plug with a rag and re-grease it with Yamaha grease. So far no worries at all. :cool: Will probably order a repair kit just yo have "in case".
 
Last week’s outing...

After leaving my boat in the water for 5 months, parking it in a wet slip in a swamp without relubing the cleanout plug like I tell everyone to (push button style plug / manhole cover), it was no surprise to me that it was stuck in the tube really good with no movement after the release button was pushed

Was on the water and boat was eating gas at over 1 gallon per mile and power was way down. Had to get the stuck plug out. Used a Yamaha syringe style squirt gun to remove the many inches of black water on top of the plug, then applied Lubgard Zer0 O ring pool lube around the edges of the top of the seized plug and waited a few min. Plug unseized and came out . The inside of the tube and the O - ring was caked with swamp slime, and of course there were about two handfuls of milfoill in front of the impeller partially caught in the intake grate. Used the same lubricant , which has some cleaning properties as well, to clean off the scum from the plug O ring and inside the tube.

Plug went back in like new.
 
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