mrtopknight
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How many actually use their bilge blower like they should? Be honest.
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mrtopknight said:How many actually use their bilge blower like they should? Be honest.
thunderbird1 said:I usually have 2 children on board and prefer to err on the side of safety. Our blower is run before starting the engine (almost every time) & while the engine is warning up, after fueling, and while the generator is running. When I remember, I also turn the blower on when cruising at no wake speeds.
SwampNut said:Hopefully you didn't mean literally WHILE fueling.
This is generally a bad thing to do with any engine. After a hard run, you should run at a bit above idle for a while to get the heat build-up out of the engine. On a marine engine with some designs, you can actually ingest water if you shut down a very hot engine. The blower will help remove heat from the engine room, but won't do a lot for the huge heat build-up in the heads and upper block.and shut the boat down immediately upon arriving at my destination
RiverRat said:99.9 percent of the time I run the blower a few minutes before starting the engine for the first time, and don't turn it off untill I reach my destination. As a matter of fact... If my engine is running so is the blower.
First Born said:I do the same!!!RiverRat said:99.9 percent of the time I run the blower a few minutes before starting the engine for the first time, and don't turn it off untill I reach my destination. As a matter of fact... If my engine is running so is the blower.