Out of water cooling? Bucket and hose? or Fake a Lake?

[LindMark]

I would like to learn how to run my 2012 SANTE 210 out of the water. It looks like I can use a Fake-a-Lake system or tap right into the cooling system with a hose and bucket. Which is the preferred method? If I use the hose on the engine, where should I connect? Engine side of the strainer? or transmission cooler inlet. I've seen both on Youtube but not sure which is the best method. Thanks.

[hal2814]

I’ve always used a bucket. I run the hose to the trans cooler, just past the water strainer. I feel more comfortable with the engine drawing the water instead of force feeding it. But I know plenty of people who do it both ways without issue.

[MLA]

I like a fake-a-lake because it does not require taking the raw water system apart. On some boats, this requires getting down into the bilge to access those hoses. Now, if getting to a raw water intake hose connection is easy, its great to connect the garden hose directly into the intake hose with a could fittings.

[neirbot]

I threaded a hose connection into a spare strainer cup. Works like a charm. The white stuff is 3M 5200 to completely seal.things and keep it solid, but not really necessary.

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[LindMark]

Great ideas. Keep them coming. Thanks

[Skidave]

Perko flush unit. Install and be done forever. Just connect garden hose when you want to run out of the water.

https://www.amazon.com/Flush-Engine-...TUL&ref=plSrch

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[Infinity]

The spare strainer cup is a good idea, I also have, and highly recommend the Perko unit tho. Easy to add/install and then its always available for you. Nice thing is you can also use it to suck AF into engine if you want double protection against freezing....or want to take the extra step of sucking up the AF and then draining it too (always drain water first tho).

[Tom_H]

I just added a tee to my intake. In normal operation it's plugged, and when I want to run out of the water, close the intake valve, pull the plug in the tee and thread in the hose adapter. Basically, it works the same as the flush pro (except I have to manually operate a valve.....) and costs a fraction of the price for the parts. The only time I care about not 'force feeding' is if I'm troubleshooting the raw water pump. In that instance I'd stick the intake hose in a bucket of water, but otherwise, you won't hurt anything with a direct hose connection. I don't particularly care for fake-a-lakes as they take a lot more attention to make sure you don't knock it off.

[McCannLand]

At the risk of freaking people out with Indmar, I really like the 90 degree of the Indmar Strainer Pro.
https://www.indmar.com/service-products/strainer-pro/


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[thejean]

I just added a tee to my intake. In normal operation it's plugged, and when I want to run out of the water, close the intake valve, pull the plug in the tee and thread in the hose adapter. Basically, it works the same as the flush pro (except I have to manually operate a valve.....) and costs a fraction of the price for the parts. The only time I care about not 'force feeding' is if I'm troubleshooting the raw water pump. In that instance I'd stick the intake hose in a bucket of water, but otherwise, you won't hurt anything with a direct hose connection. I don't particularly care for fake-a-lakes as they take a lot more attention to make sure you don't knock it off.

This is what I did.

[esse77]

I made this out of some pvc, clear hose, and hose fittings. I put the center post in the water inlet before the strainer and hook up 2 garden hoses to unsure that I’m getting plenty of water flow so that I don’t burn out the impeller. Works great

[Tom_H]

I made this out of some pvc, clear hose, and hose fittings. I put the center post in the water inlet before the strainer and hook up 2 garden hoses to unsure that I’m getting plenty of water flow so that I don’t burn out the impeller. Works great

2 hoses? Do you have a well with low flow? I've never had a problem with using a single hose, and when I used to do the suck out of the bucket method, the hose could supply faster than the engine could drain the bucket.

[esse77]

My well has really good flow but tried the bucket method before but it was sucking water faster than the hose could keep up, so I figured if I just ran 2 hoses it would pump water faster than it was sucking and having extra water running to it never hurt

[Tom_H]

Makes sense if you were pulling faster than your hose could supply.

[LindMark]

2012 210 with pcm343ex......does it take a 1" perko flush? or 1 1/4"
Thanks