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  • tgray015
    • Apr 2006
    • 9

    • Cleveland, Ohio


    Winter cleaning help...

    2006 ski nautique, need some help, we are in the process of changing the steering cable and currently have most of the floorboards and engine hatches out of the way to assist the expert who is doing this job. upon pulling these boards and basically taking the small ballast tank out of the rear ski locker, it is filthy, looks like it hasn't been cleaned in ten years. Any way what do you guys recommend if anyone has done this with any success, my thoughts are some sort of spray (degreaser) then a hose down. Any info would help because getting after all these nooks and crannies with a brush seems a little tedious. I get it its almost twenty years old doesn't mean it has to be filthy....Thanks so much!!!
  • MN Ryan
    1,000 Post Club Member
    • Aug 2020
    • 1250

    • Maple Grove, MN

    • 2007 SV-211 TE

    #2
    Are you talking about the filth inside of the bilge? A tip I picked up here was to mix up a 5-gallon bucket with hot water and liberal Simple Green. Put your plug in, dump the solution into the bilge, and go for a drive to let it slosh around. Does it come out perfect? No, but it was a huge improvement for mine.

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    • Rednucleus
      • Jul 2022
      • 177

      • WA

      • Club Boat 2014 Ski Nautique 200

      #3
      Dawn dish soap is also a great de-greaser to dump in the bilge

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      • tgray015
        • Apr 2006
        • 9

        • Cleveland, Ohio


        #4
        bilge is part of it, we dont have a rear plug, kind of talking about the channel between the stringers leading to the back, hoses, from ballast, steering cable, etc,

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        • MN Ryan
          1,000 Post Club Member
          • Aug 2020
          • 1250

          • Maple Grove, MN

          • 2007 SV-211 TE

          #5
          I'd give what I suggested a try. You have to have a plug--mine's not on the transom either.

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