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I have never actually cleaned the bilge of our vista but I know that it's important for maintenance. I puchased some bilge cleaner from West Marine. what is the correct process for cleaning the bilge? The West Marine guys told me to just dump it in and let it stay there. The bilge will pump it out when it needs to. Thoughts?

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"Where Da Go"
2002 248 Vista
Lafayette, IN
http://blueoceanlife.worldventures.biz

That is how I do it. I would just dump it in and use a long handled brush to scrub the bilge area and then take her out for a spin. After an hour or so of sloshing around, I would point the bow way up and then turn the bilge pump on. Word of caution: be careful using the brush in the bilge area because I broke my bilge pump one time when I hit it with the brush too hard.

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Current Boat: 2000 Four Winns 298 Vista
Previous Boat: 2000 Carver 406MY

Depending on the size of your bilge, you may want to lay something down over the automatic bilge pump switch so the cleaner has some time to do its job before being pumped out. On my 21' Horizon it doesn't take much to trigger the pump.

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Steve K
1993 Four Winns 210 Horizon
5.8L EFI OMC