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How to flush your outboard correctly and why it’s so important

Author: Stuart Buckingham   Date Posted: 22 May 2017  

One of the biggest killers of the modern outboard is corrosion and often it's not what you see, but rather what you don't see that causes the biggest problems. Outboards are raw water cooled and draw water directly from their environment to cool down. In fresh water, this is not a problem but in saltwater, it opens the engine up to salt build up and corrosion within the outboards internal cooling passages. The build up of sa...

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