1993 Bayliner Jazz Sport Jet Question on Salt water use

[Pearldiver]

HI.. I'm new to this Forum. Hello. I'm retired and moved to Florida Bay area. Brought my Bayliner Jazz with. I am not certain if I should use this in the salt water or not. Came from Illinois fresh water haven. I have the flush adapter, and trying to figure out how to use it. Also, can you run the engine on the flush connector adapter?
Maybe someone could answer for me? Thanks a million.

 

[tdonoughue]

Hello and welcome!

Unfortunately, I don't know specifically about your model boat. I do know that if you put it in salt you will need to flush it (and with Salt Away or similar) or you will get corrosion in your cooling system. Even if you have a closed loop system (which of you have a flush adapter it very likely is not), you will want to rinse any parts exposed to the salt water.

As you have an adapter, you very likely have an open loop system, meaning the engine ingests the water you are in into the engine to cool it. That means two things: flushing after salt is extra important and you can also use the adapter to run the boat on a hose out of the water. I would not put into salt until I figured out how to flush and had Salt Away and the plan to get that into the adapter.

Hope that helps some. If you post pics of your engine compartment we may be able to trace the cooling lines to help you locate where that adapter goes...

 

[Pearldiver]

That is super nice of you to let me know this. Thank you. I will find out what this Salt Away is, and figure out how to post photos. I have a 90 Mercury Sport Jet engine. Not sure I want to dunk it in salt water just yet.

 

[fatboyroy]

Inspect and replace anode for saltwater use. Some anode for freshwater only