I have used "Gunk Engine Brite Degreaser". Loosens the grease, then washes away with water.
Glad to see you are not in the water. I would not pump this stuff (or the grease) overboard into the lake.
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| Author: | zif001 [ Sun Nov 03, 2013 3:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | cleaning the bilge |
i came home in the rain to find my new to me 238 w/ the bilge running and the drain plug out of the hull. what the heck is going on? water had pooled in the cover, leaked through to the bilge, filled up to the point the bilge came on. i found the drain plug removed but clogged w/ gunk. any suggestion how to clean that area. i thought possible a low pressure washer w/ degreaser bottle attached. good idea or not? wdyt? |
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| Author: | rpengr [ Sun Nov 03, 2013 4:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: cleaning the bilge |
I have used "Gunk Engine Brite Degreaser". Loosens the grease, then washes away with water. Glad to see you are not in the water. I would not pump this stuff (or the grease) overboard into the lake. |
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| Author: | deafwish [ Sun Nov 03, 2013 4:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: cleaning the bilge |
On my old 2 stroke Sea Doo's, I'd put the bung in, fill the hull with a few litres of fresh water, along with some laundry powder. Take your ski/ boat for a drive on the trailer somewhere & the movement loosens almost everything up!  p.s. It smells all pretty once you're done, too! 
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| Author: | firecadet613 [ Sun Nov 03, 2013 6:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: cleaning the bilge |
Use something to poke a hole through the gunk at the bilge plug. |
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| Author: | JeffLW [ Sun Nov 03, 2013 7:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: cleaning the bilge |
deafwish wrote: On my old 2 stroke Sea Doo's, I'd put the bung in, fill the hull with a few litres of fresh water, along with some laundry powder. Take your ski/ boat for a drive on the trailer somewhere & the movement loosens almost everything up! p.s. It smells all pretty once you're done, too! +1 When I got my boat the bilge smelled like wet dog covered in poo.  My surveyor recommended this method while on the trailer. Put the plug in, add 1 cup dawn dish soap for the gunk and 1 cup bleach for the smell. Fill with water until the pump comes on. Then take a drive letting it slosh around. In my case I drove 200 miles then pulled the plug and drained the nastiness away. Bilge has been clean ever since.
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| Author: | Capt. Hoss [ Mon Nov 04, 2013 10:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: cleaning the bilge |
To clean out the plug use weed eater string. It is soft so it won't damage anything but stiff enough to move any of the gunk away to let it drain. Then like everyone else has said use a good detergent to clean said bilge and drive around to fully swish. Rinse and repeat as nessesary. |
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| Author: | kd4pbs [ Mon Nov 04, 2013 12:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: cleaning the bilge |
I third the laundry detergent idea. That being said, why did the water leak into your bilge? Don't the Vistas have a self-bailing cockpit? Sounds like you have some more drains that are very stopped up. |
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| Author: | EvilZ [ Mon Nov 04, 2013 4:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: cleaning the bilge |
How about a shop vac on the outside of the drain hole to suck through any crud? |
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