Lou_tribal
Guru
Hello,
I am a newbie and this year I was blessed to become an owner for the first time ever.
I am using my boat on canada's river for now so no salt water for me at this time (and same for the previous owner).
I was questionning myself about the raw water cooling system...
Considering that we have quite some algae in the rivers and lakes here, is there any specific maintenance to do on the cooling water circuit during summer?
Would it be usefull to pur some domestic chlorine in the strainer from time to time in order to control algae bloom, if any? Is there any danger to do so?
Is there any risk of algae grow in the heat exchanger or exhaust manifold?
Maybe I am totally wrong and the only heat from the engine is taking care of riping off algae but I am questionning this, especially considering that I am not using her everyday but only during weekends and when weather permit so sometimes my baby can sit in her slip during 2 or 3 weeks.
Any advice will be much appreciated!
I am a newbie and this year I was blessed to become an owner for the first time ever.
I am using my boat on canada's river for now so no salt water for me at this time (and same for the previous owner).
I was questionning myself about the raw water cooling system...
Considering that we have quite some algae in the rivers and lakes here, is there any specific maintenance to do on the cooling water circuit during summer?
Would it be usefull to pur some domestic chlorine in the strainer from time to time in order to control algae bloom, if any? Is there any danger to do so?
Is there any risk of algae grow in the heat exchanger or exhaust manifold?
Maybe I am totally wrong and the only heat from the engine is taking care of riping off algae but I am questionning this, especially considering that I am not using her everyday but only during weekends and when weather permit so sometimes my baby can sit in her slip during 2 or 3 weeks.
Any advice will be much appreciated!