motor flushing

[grey_inflatable]

hi all, does any one put the motor in gear when flushing or is it just to dangerous,

thanks

[kingtin]

hi all, does any one put the motor in gear when flushing or is it just to dangerous,

thanks

All handbooks I have read, with engines I have had, (suzy yammy merc) stated not to do this. They also stated to remove prop when flushing to avoid accident and not to rev when flushing, although I do run at fast idle initially.

kev

[finga]

I have run in gear.
The honda waters the lawn real nice
So I'm pretty open for everyone to pounce on me...

[finga]

And the little Merc has no gears so it has to be in gear to flush

[sarg]

I normally put mine in forward and reverse for 10 seconds each way.

Andrew

[disorderly]

Andrew,

Any particular reason for doing this?

cheers Scott

[gone_fishing]

i flush my motor in a drum and normally run it in gear to keep a load on the motor whilst i wait for it to run out of fuel
dont know if this is good bad or indifferent dont think id run a motor in gear that has the prop exposed bit to hmmmm for me water evrywhere spinning steel blades to many things to go wrong

[Luc]

Also flush in drum so put it in forward and reverse for 1/2 minute or so.

Luc