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<blockquote data-quote="PSG-1" data-source="post: 227570" data-attributes="member: 6937"><p>Yeah, the cypress trees are starting to drop some of their foliage in the rivers and swamps around here. Even with the weedless system, when I came back from a trip to the Waccamaw River last week, I found a wad of leaves on my intake grate, and another small wad wrapped around the push-pull cable that controls the weedless grate. Even so, it didn't cavitate much, which surprised me. Heck, it surprised me that I had a wad of leaves under there, as I did activate the grate a couple of times when I was in the river.</p><p></p><p>Another thing I suggest for those who run in debris-filled water....get yourself a "Shurflo" inline water filter, with 1/2" barb fittings, and plumb it in between the pump and the engine. It has a removable cap, and a strainer screen that will prevent trash from clogging your water passages in your engine.</p><p></p><p>One other thing I would suggest, and I went ahead and put one on my boat.....get a teleflex water pressure guage (they are 2" in diameter, like most fuel, temp, voltage guages) it reads from 0-35 PSI. You will have to run a small diameter hose (very similar to speedometer hose) from your console back to the engine compartment. </p><p></p><p> Plumb the T fitting in AFTER the water filter, not before. If you put it inline before the filter, if the filter becomes clogged, the guage will still read water pressure. If you put it after the filter, then, if the filter clogs, it will show a drop in water PSI readings, and you IMMEDIATELY know that there is a problem, you're not having to constantly watch indicator stream fittings to see if they're peeing, etc. Simply glance at the guage, and it will tell you in an instant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PSG-1, post: 227570, member: 6937"] Yeah, the cypress trees are starting to drop some of their foliage in the rivers and swamps around here. Even with the weedless system, when I came back from a trip to the Waccamaw River last week, I found a wad of leaves on my intake grate, and another small wad wrapped around the push-pull cable that controls the weedless grate. Even so, it didn't cavitate much, which surprised me. Heck, it surprised me that I had a wad of leaves under there, as I did activate the grate a couple of times when I was in the river. Another thing I suggest for those who run in debris-filled water....get yourself a "Shurflo" inline water filter, with 1/2" barb fittings, and plumb it in between the pump and the engine. It has a removable cap, and a strainer screen that will prevent trash from clogging your water passages in your engine. One other thing I would suggest, and I went ahead and put one on my boat.....get a teleflex water pressure guage (they are 2" in diameter, like most fuel, temp, voltage guages) it reads from 0-35 PSI. You will have to run a small diameter hose (very similar to speedometer hose) from your console back to the engine compartment. Plumb the T fitting in AFTER the water filter, not before. If you put it inline before the filter, if the filter becomes clogged, the guage will still read water pressure. If you put it after the filter, then, if the filter clogs, it will show a drop in water PSI readings, and you IMMEDIATELY know that there is a problem, you're not having to constantly watch indicator stream fittings to see if they're peeing, etc. Simply glance at the guage, and it will tell you in an instant. [/QUOTE]
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