Sea Flush/Barnacle Buster solution

[Capt’nKarl]

Good afternoon/evening fellow Tug Nuts. This is an update to an earlier post titled Sea Flush. Well that was a misnomer. What I actually used was a product called Barnacle Buster. First let me say I am NOT RECEIVING any endorsement, compensation or discount from this companies product. I was as skeptical as anyone about whether this stuff worked. So, here’s the honest truth about MY results. As I stated in my previous post I was sure I was not getting the proper amount of exhaust water when this engine was running. I didn’t want to take anything apart unless I really had to. Here’s what I did. I bought a gallon of the premixed solution from West Marine for $25.00. I poured the solution into my 5 gallon bucket I use to flush the raw water system and connected the hose into the raw water intake hose connection. The solution is blue in color. I started the engine and when I saw the blue solution coming out of the exhaust port I shut the engine down. I let the solution “pickle”for 3 hours in the raw water components, i.e. heat exchanger and elbow and hoses. After 3 hours I flushed the entire system with fresh water. The results were amazing! Water was being discharged from the exhaust port like a new engine. I ran the engine up to WOT (3950 rpm or so) and still there was no sight of any discharge issues. I was able to place my hand on the exhaust elbow with ease and the water temperature exiting the boat was lukewarm compared to pretreatment. WOW AND DOUBLE WOW!!

Happy TugNutter Karl