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blocking the water outlet hose
Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2017 10:00 am
by GCB069
OK I live 40 miles west of Spokane and need a ask something. I have 2 outboard motors both Mercury a 15 hp 4-stroke and one a 9.9 but is a 15 hp 2-stroke.. So when getting them ready to run in the spring there is always some Insect thing blocking the water outlet hose. What are they?????
Re: blocking the water outlet hose
Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2017 10:34 am
by Amx
Probably a mud dauber - a wasp building a nest for their larva - dig them out and all is well. To keep them out stick in a golf tee at the end of the boating season.
Re: blocking the water outlet hose
Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2017 3:58 pm
by NorseNW
Yup what amx said. Except I keep forgetting to do the golf tee trick. Apparently I prefer stuffing sticks up there to get them out every year!
Re: blocking the water outlet hose
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 6:23 am
by hewesfisher
Amx wrote:Probably a mud dauber - a wasp building a nest for their larva - dig them out and all is well. To keep them out stick in a golf tee at the end of the boating season.
^^^^
Re: blocking the water outlet hose
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2017 3:42 pm
by Larry3215
NorseNW wrote:Yup what amx said. Except I keep forgetting to do the golf tee trick. Apparently I prefer stuffing sticks up there to get them out every year!
LOL!!! Me too!
The last couple of years we have had wasps wanting to build nests in the cowlings. Thats nasty when they come boiling out at 430 in the morning when your loading up the boat!