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Originally Posted by UncleWede
For the outboard, if you take it out of the water there are hose adapters that can cover the inlet, turn on fresh water, run the engine for a minute, all cleaned out.
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Rather than use the garden hose and water muffs, my grandfather used to fill a clean outdoor galvanized garbage can with water and drop the outdrive of his outboard into it for cooling. He believed that the water muffs and garden hose never allowed the thermostat to open, so he wanted to get the water in the can warm by running the engine. Then, he would turn on the hose to slowly replace the can's water with fresh.....