Salt-Away flush additive

[black runner]

Hi all,

Has anyone used the Salt-Away product (salt removal flushing additive). How much more beneficial is it above and beyond regular thorough flushing?

Fred

[FNQCairns]

I doubt it does very much at all, freshwater alone is great at dissolving salt, if it is like the CLR you can buy for bathrooms etc it may do something to rid calcium deposits?

cheers fnq

[BM]

snake oil...

[Roughasguts]

Snake oils are alive and well.

Do a google on xado, an Australian patent product if you beleive it works
and have a lot of faith, this stuff is fantastic it will totally rebuild your motor.

Cranks bearings bores the lot......... Phffffftt.

It's got me buggered how salt away could work if it's only in the motor for a short period of time during a flush 00025 of a second.
Maybe if you blocked all the drain holes in the leg and filled the block with the stuff and let it sit for a few weeks, that might help.

[Wear the fox hat]

If it's anything like Salt-X, yes it does neutralise salt upon contact & it becomes effective when it dries. If you leave something like hooks soaking in it for a couple of weeks, they will just rust.
A lot of charter operators use Salt-X on their boats instead of just hosing down & this assists in minimising electrolysis.
FNQ, sorry mate, but water alone won't netralise salt effectively. The salt residue still remains to a certain degree, especially around & in between boat fittings.

WTFH

[FNQCairns]

If it's anything like Salt-X, yes it does neutralise salt upon contact & it becomes effective when it dries. If you leave something like hooks soaking in it for a couple of weeks, they will just rust.
A lot of charter operators use Salt-X on their boats instead of just hosing down & this assists in minimising electrolysis.
FNQ, sorry mate, but water alone won't netralise salt effectively. The salt residue still remains to a certain degree, especially around & in between boat fittings.

WTFH

Yeah I can believe that if the salt-X leaves a film barrier from humidity when the washdown dries, freshwater will rid salt totally due to how readily salt dissolves in solution but in poor washdown situations it could work.

Will look it up to see if I can use it on my ally boat as it takes a fair amount of fresh water to dilute the salt left behind inside the boat after a windy day.

cheers fnq

Shit just checked the price! $35 dollars for 1L:o Think I will stick with cuddly fabric softener.

[Wear the fox hat]

FNQ,
Just use dishwashing detergent as this neutralises salt as good as anything out there, but don't use it to flush your motor as it will eat out motor seals. I just use a gerney with the suds bottle to put the detergent on & then just gerney it off with water. Then let everything drip dry & there are no water marks to worry about either. Even then the suds bottle only has a big squirt of detergent in it & the rest is mixed with water to fill the bottle up before using with the gerney.

You only have to use a rag where there might be blood or whatever on the boat. I also use detergent on the trailer & it still looks like new after 3 years.
I've got a 4 litre bottle of Salt-X ($120) sitting in the shed that is hardly used because I just use detergent on the boat & trailer.

WTFH

[Roughasguts]

Dish washing detergent has salt in it to make the dishes sparkle.
And your right it does rot rubber, turns it to puree.
Maybe just use a car washing detergent theres no salt in it.

Or have a two stroke, so when you flush it in a tank all the un burnt oil circulates back in to the motor coating all the metal surfaces.
Seems to work so far I have no build up of salt where I can see by removing the thermostat cover.

[black runner]

Mmmm,

Thanks guys - interesting comments. Just looked up the site. $20/Litre or $65/4.

The other intersting comment on the site is "If SALT-X comes in contact with magnesium, rinse thoroughly with freshwater."

As I understand it many light weight engine blocks are made of magnesium alloy.

Not so sure. Might just stick to water.

Fred

[dinky]

Does anybody use vinegar to flush their motor?I used it know & then on my old boat 75hp merc 2004,:-/ I was told it disolves the salt, just put a dab in the flush bucket with water of course:) Cheers Dinky

[Moonlighter]

Only thing I can offer is that our local fishing reel service agent absolutely swears by salt-x. All of us locally use this guy - he's brilliant at repairing and servicing reels and is authorised service agent for sevaral big names.

First thing when he receives a reel is to drop it into bucket of the stuff overnight!

Draw your own conclusions from that!

Grant

[Roughasguts]

Does anybody use vinegar to flush their motor?I used it know & then on my old boat 75hp merc 2004,:-/ I was told it disolves the salt, just put a dab in the flush bucket with water of course:) Cheers Dinky

And a bit of Olive oil and you have a Salad dressing.

But Nah never tried it.