John: Another example of a sea strainer,
this is a little different one. It gives you the ability
to put up a garden hose.
So that you can freshwater
flush your inboard engines. And that's very very important.
Hey welcome back! This is now the segment of the program
that we call "In the Engine Room".
And today we're going to be talking about
flushing and winterizing
your inboard power plants.
And that leads us to our next expert guest,
this is my good friend Richard Cozier.
And hi Richard!
Richard: Hi John! How you doing? Good to see you again. John: I'm doing great!
John: Richard is with one of the biggest names
in marine hardware. I'm talking about Perko.
And, a little while back
you were showing me this new version of a sea strainer
that you guys are manufacturing.
And it really caught my eye.
And real quick I want to introduce the boat that we're on
okay because it's pretty special. This is our 1980
57 foot custom Sportfish.
And it has a pair of
big diesel power plants
on it, alright. And what's the problem with
inboard engines when it comes to freshwater flushing?
Richard: Generally without an apparatus like this it makes it
really difficult to bring freshwater into
the system to flush.
You need to break the engines apart, break the lines apart,
a lot of tools, etcetera.
With this, it's just an easy apparatus
once it's inline attach a garden hose
and introduce city water to it.
John: Okay, so we're talking about,
typically how these engines get cooled is with raw water.
Okay, and we're in saltwater right now.
So the raw water is saltwater coming through.
I know we have a heat exchanger.
Alright, and it's transferring the heat -
we have a contained freshwater system with the engine.
But we're bringing raw water through a heat exchanger -
we're transferring the heat.
But this is going to give us the ability
to freshwater flush
the whole saltwater side of the equation right?
Richard: Correct, as well as winterize as well as
give you auxiliary bilge pump if you need it.
John: Okay, now there's a lot of features to this,
let's talk to everybody at home.
Who's the candidate - for this type of hardware?
Is this just the big diesel guys?
Or can this help us all across the inboard category?
Richard: John we have products that will take
you from a ski-boat all the way up to big diesel engine.
With either an inline valve
or the flushing strainer.
John: I see that they come in different sizes.
Richard: Yes sir. John: Alright.
John: What for plumbing -
what are the different dimensions on these various sizes?
Richard: These run from half inch all the way up to one and a quarter.
John: Alright, now you've got a little ski-boat maybe.
Alright, and you're up north but
you're using the that wake board you're using the skis
in blackish water. Or you're using it in coastal saltwater.
Talk to me about what I can use
where I really don't need a sea strainer but I
still want to be able to flush, I want to be able to winterize.
Richard: John this is what we call the FlushPro™
and it's basically an inline valve.
It serves multiple purposes.
It allows you to visually see the flow
going through the line.
It allows you to introduce freshwater to the system.
It also allows you to winterize your boat.
John: Okay, could you run the boat
when it's out of the water with a device like this?
Richard: You can use this to pre-start your engines
on the trailer using freshwater.
John: And you've heard the expression,
either use it or lose it?
That's true in boating. If you're not running your engine,
if you're not keeping these systems going,
that's where you can get into corrosion issues.
You got to keep water flow going through those water jackets.
And a device like this can really help us.
Hey congratulations on your 100th anniversary over at Perko,
thank you so much Richard.
Hey right now we need to take our last time out of the day.
But keep it right here because when we come back,
we're going to be showing you
a pretty awesome tow vehicle.
This is kind of fleet that Fountain selected for their race team.
And it's gonna blow you away! We'll be at the boat ramp,
right after this!