Richard: This boat like most boats that are considered Bluewater Boats makes it's life in saltwater.
John: This is Richard Cozier and Richard
is with a company called Perko.
And for well over a century they
have been the world leader
in manufacturing marine hardware.
And I have a question for you Richard.
If a boat like this is living in saltwater
how do the engines get cooled?
Richard: John most Bluewater Boats
that live in saltwater use saltwater
as a cooling agent for the engines.
Basically how this works is you draw saltwater
in through a strainer and then it circulates through the engine.
John: Now a lot of these engines have cast iron blocks.
And if you're using saltwater to cool that metal -
basically you're setting yourself up for
some potential massive corrosion.
Richard: John corrosion is a very big issue
and like with most outboard engines,
inboard engines are recommended to be flushed also.
John: Okay now really the only way you
could flush an engine like this is
you gotta haul out of the water.
Richard: Up until now that's been difficult
but Perko has a solution to that.
This is what is call our freshwater flushing strainer.
In addition to being a raw water strainer it serves two addition functions.
The first one is it allows you
while the boat is still in the water to
freshawater flush your system.
John: How does it work?
Richard: Well basically you attach a garden hose to this fitting right here
to a city water supply.
You turn the valve from raw water
to city turning off the raw water,
turn your engines on, and it begins to draw on
freshwater to flush the system.
John: What's the second function?
Richard: The second function is winterizing.
If you have issues getting to your freeze
plug and you don't want to drain the system,
then this allows you to winterize in a snap.
John: Okay so you're talking about if a
if water were to freeze in an engine,
and a freeze plug was to come out,
you'd basically have to rip the engine out to maybe get to it.
Richard: Correct. John: So this can avoid that.
Richard: Correct. Basically you work the same way.
You attach a hose to this fitting here
and instead of going to a freshwater supply
it goes into a five gallon bucket full on antifreeze.
Turn the valve to the city function again,
turn your engines on and you start to bring in
antifreeze into the system.
John: So you don't have any worry about freezing
that engine and having those plugs.
Richard: Correct. John: This is great! A lot of people at home
might be interested in this item. How do they get it?
Richard: John, just log on to perko.com for more information.
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