Running your outboard on rabbit ear flushers
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Running your outboard on rabbit ear flushers
I have been a fisherman and a boat owner practically my whole life. I have always been told by many different folks to only run your motor on rabbit ears hooked to a water hose just long enough to flush your motor or long enough to check whatever you need to check.
The guy behind me has let his motor run for over 4 hours last Sunday and it has been idling today since I got home at 2:00
Poor dude is gonna have a carbon build up so bad he wont be able to get out of his own way when he tries to get on the throttle
The guy behind me has let his motor run for over 4 hours last Sunday and it has been idling today since I got home at 2:00
Poor dude is gonna have a carbon build up so bad he wont be able to get out of his own way when he tries to get on the throttle
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maybee he overdosed in his house and forgot
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I've seen that before. Whan the buzzard show up you don't want to be around.Iluv2hunt wrote:when the buzzards show up, ill call ya ;-)bodysnatcher wrote:Call the law for a well being check.
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The rabbit ears just have to fit well enough, and the hose has to have enough flow, to keep the water pump circulating water through the water jacket and cool the motor. How would that affect carbon build-up? (Just asking, I'm not a marine mechanic, just know enough to be dangerous!) All the failures I've heard of in 2-cycle OBs have been from overheating (blown gaskets, water pump failure) when the ears didn't fit right or the person ran the motor at high rpms and the water flow wasn't enough.
If it's a 4 cycle OB, I have no clue if there's any difference in how it would be affected.
If it's a 4 cycle OB, I have no clue if there's any difference in how it would be affected.
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