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We run our I/O in the salt just about every week. What's the deal with running a jet in the salt? I really just want to do a little tuning and don't want to go all the way to Elsinore to do it when I'm only 20 minutes from the marina. Does anyone have any experience with this and is a forced pressure flush of the pump with a hose enough to get it clean?
Thanks, PeteATTITUDE, Though I've never run my jet boat in the salt, I started running my two ski's in the salt a couple of years ago. I never flush them out with a hose though. On my way home from the ocean, I stop at a local lake and run them around for about ten minutes. I do realize that you don't have this option. To answer your question, the hose wouldn't flush out the pump enough. You could just about clean out the engine of salt water with a hose, but unless you submerge that pump into a lake, there will be salt deposits left behind. And aluminum doesn't take too kindly to salt. Ivan