Matt--I have both the external water intake strainer which is mounted to the bottom of the boat as well as a bronze internal strainers with the removalable basket. Although I have never picked up enough stuff through the external strainer to ever cause an overheat problem, I am glad that what I do get in the strainer baskets from time to time does not get into the transmission oil heat exchangers which is the first location that the raw water goes from the water pumps. Hal ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Zimmerman" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 5:03:55 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Re: Sea Strainer
Matt, There are wedge shapped strainers that are mounted over the bronze thru hull. I'm not sure if they were standard on the Flites or not. There is also internal strainers with removable baskets that mount on top of the bronze thru hull. If you have the wedge external filter, an internal would be redundant. The hole size is almost the same in both. I believe the external is made by Wicox. The internal are made by several companys and are much more money than the external. Below the water line, stick with bronze. Also delrin (white plastic thru hulls) are very tough, they do get brittle with age. Thanks Rich Zimmerman 73 34' "Commitment" --- On Sun, 5/31/09, mattv <[email protected]> wrote: From: mattv <[email protected]> Subject: [UnifliteWorld] Sea Strainer To: "UnifliteWorld" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, May 31, 2009, 1:52 AM How do you guys feel about the plastic sea strainers vs the bronze? The plastic are much more affordable but someone recommended that I not use them for my engines. Thanks, Matt --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/UnifliteWorld?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
