WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.500 John: Another example of a sea strainer, 2 00:00:02.500 --> 00:00:05.300 this is a little different one. It gives you the ability 3 00:00:05.300 --> 00:00:07.100 to put up a garden hose. 4 00:00:07.100 --> 00:00:09.100 So that you can freshwater 5 00:00:09.100 --> 00:00:12.100 flush your inboard engines. And that's very very important. 6 00:00:12.100 --> 00:00:14.100 Hey welcome back! This is now the segment of the program 7 00:00:14.100 --> 00:00:16.100 that we call "In the Engine Room". 8 00:00:16.100 --> 00:00:18.100 And today we're going to be talking about 9 00:00:18.100 --> 00:00:20.100 flushing and winterizing 10 00:00:20.100 --> 00:00:22.100 your inboard power plants. 11 00:00:22.100 --> 00:00:24.100 And that leads us to our next expert guest, 12 00:00:24.100 --> 00:00:26.100 this is my good friend Richard Cozier. 13 00:00:26.100 --> 00:00:27.100 And hi Richard! 14 00:00:27.100 --> 00:00:29.100 Richard: Hi John! How you doing? Good to see you again. John: I'm doing great! 15 00:00:29.100 --> 00:00:31.300 John: Richard is with one of the biggest names 16 00:00:31.300 --> 00:00:34.300 in marine hardware. I'm talking about Perko. 17 00:00:34.300 --> 00:00:36.300 And, a little while back 18 00:00:36.300 --> 00:00:39.300 you were showing me this new version of a sea strainer 19 00:00:39.300 --> 00:00:41.100 that you guys are manufacturing. 20 00:00:41.100 --> 00:00:42.900 And it really caught my eye. 21 00:00:42.900 --> 00:00:45.900 And real quick I want to introduce the boat that we're on 22 00:00:45.900 --> 00:00:48.700 okay because it's pretty special. This is our 1980 23 00:00:48.700 --> 00:00:50.700 57 foot custom Sportfish. 24 00:00:50.700 --> 00:00:52.700 And it has a pair of 25 00:00:52.700 --> 00:00:54.700 big diesel power plants 26 00:00:54.700 --> 00:00:58.700 on it, alright. And what's the problem with 27 00:00:59.800 --> 00:01:02.800 inboard engines when it comes to freshwater flushing? 28 00:01:03.800 --> 00:01:06.800 Richard: Generally without an apparatus like this it makes it 29 00:01:06.800 --> 00:01:09.800 really difficult to bring freshwater into 30 00:01:09.800 --> 00:01:11.300 the system to flush. 31 00:01:11.300 --> 00:01:14.300 You need to break the engines apart, break the lines apart, 32 00:01:14.300 --> 00:01:15.800 a lot of tools, etcetera. 33 00:01:15.800 --> 00:01:18.000 With this, it's just an easy apparatus 34 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:20.000 once it's inline attach a garden hose 35 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:21.500 and introduce city water to it. 36 00:01:21.500 --> 00:01:23.800 John: Okay, so we're talking about, 37 00:01:24.600 --> 00:01:27.400 typically how these engines get cooled is with raw water. 38 00:01:27.400 --> 00:01:29.600 Okay, and we're in saltwater right now. 39 00:01:29.600 --> 00:01:32.100 So the raw water is saltwater coming through. 40 00:01:32.100 --> 00:01:34.100 I know we have a heat exchanger. 41 00:01:34.100 --> 00:01:35.900 Alright, and it's transferring the heat - 42 00:01:35.900 --> 00:01:38.900 we have a contained freshwater system with the engine. 43 00:01:39.500 --> 00:01:42.800 But we're bringing raw water through a heat exchanger - 44 00:01:42.800 --> 00:01:44.600 we're transferring the heat. 45 00:01:44.600 --> 00:01:46.600 But this is going to give us the ability 46 00:01:46.600 --> 00:01:48.600 to freshwater flush 47 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:51.200 the whole saltwater side of the equation right? 48 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:53.900 Richard: Correct, as well as winterize as well as 49 00:01:53.900 --> 00:01:56.500 give you auxiliary bilge pump if you need it. 50 00:01:56.500 --> 00:01:58.500 John: Okay, now there's a lot of features to this, 51 00:01:58.500 --> 00:02:00.500 let's talk to everybody at home. 52 00:02:00.500 --> 00:02:04.100 Who's the candidate - for this type of hardware? 53 00:02:04.100 --> 00:02:06.100 Is this just the big diesel guys? 54 00:02:06.100 --> 00:02:09.700 Or can this help us all across the inboard category? 55 00:02:09.700 --> 00:02:11.700 Richard: John we have products that will take 56 00:02:11.700 --> 00:02:15.400 you from a ski-boat all the way up to big diesel engine. 57 00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:17.600 With either an inline valve 58 00:02:17.600 --> 00:02:19.100 or the flushing strainer. 59 00:02:19.100 --> 00:02:20.900 John: I see that they come in different sizes. 60 00:02:20.900 --> 00:02:21.900 Richard: Yes sir. John: Alright. 61 00:02:21.900 --> 00:02:23.400 John: What for plumbing - 62 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:26.100 what are the different dimensions on these various sizes? 63 00:02:26.100 --> 00:02:29.100 Richard: These run from half inch all the way up to one and a quarter. 64 00:02:29.100 --> 00:02:31.300 John: Alright, now you've got a little ski-boat maybe. 65 00:02:31.600 --> 00:02:34.300 Alright, and you're up north but 66 00:02:34.300 --> 00:02:37.500 you're using the that wake board you're using the skis 67 00:02:37.500 --> 00:02:41.300 in blackish water. Or you're using it in coastal saltwater. 68 00:02:42.300 --> 00:02:44.300 Talk to me about what I can use 69 00:02:44.300 --> 00:02:46.300 where I really don't need a sea strainer but I 70 00:02:46.300 --> 00:02:49.000 still want to be able to flush, I want to be able to winterize. 71 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:50.700 Richard: John this is what we call the FlushPro™ 72 00:02:50.700 --> 00:02:52.700 and it's basically an inline valve. 73 00:02:52.700 --> 00:02:54.700 It serves multiple purposes. 74 00:02:54.700 --> 00:02:56.700 It allows you to visually see the flow 75 00:02:56.700 --> 00:02:58.100 going through the line. 76 00:02:58.500 --> 00:03:01.300 It allows you to introduce freshwater to the system. 77 00:03:01.300 --> 00:03:03.500 It also allows you to winterize your boat. 78 00:03:03.500 --> 00:03:06.500 John: Okay, could you run the boat 79 00:03:06.500 --> 00:03:09.500 when it's out of the water with a device like this? 80 00:03:09.500 --> 00:03:11.700 Richard: You can use this to pre-start your engines 81 00:03:11.700 --> 00:03:13.400 on the trailer using freshwater. 82 00:03:13.400 --> 00:03:15.100 John: And you've heard the expression, 83 00:03:15.100 --> 00:03:16.500 either use it or lose it? 84 00:03:16.500 --> 00:03:18.800 That's true in boating. If you're not running your engine, 85 00:03:18.800 --> 00:03:20.800 if you're not keeping these systems going, 86 00:03:20.800 --> 00:03:23.000 that's where you can get into corrosion issues. 87 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:26.400 You got to keep water flow going through those water jackets. 88 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:28.600 And a device like this can really help us. 89 00:03:28.600 --> 00:03:32.400 Hey congratulations on your 100th anniversary over at Perko, 90 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:33.800 thank you so much Richard. 91 00:03:33.800 --> 00:03:36.400 Hey right now we need to take our last time out of the day. 92 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:39.400 But keep it right here because when we come back, 93 00:03:39.400 --> 00:03:41.400 we're going to be showing you 94 00:03:41.400 --> 00:03:44.200 a pretty awesome tow vehicle. 95 00:03:44.200 --> 00:03:47.800 This is kind of fleet that Fountain selected for their race team. 96 00:03:47.800 --> 00:03:50.800 And it's gonna blow you away! We'll be at the boat ramp, 97 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:52.800 right after this!