{"id":308,"date":"2012-02-07T22:29:15","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T03:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bottompaintstore.com\/blog\/?p=308"},"modified":"2015-01-26T09:25:05","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T14:25:05","slug":"marine-descaler-aluminum-outboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bottompaintstore.com\/blog\/boat-maintenance\/engine-maitenance\/marine-descaler-aluminum-outboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you use a Marine Descaler on an aluminum outboard engine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-315 size-thumbnail\" title=\"Hammerhead Marine Descaler\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bottompaintstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Hammerhead-Marine-Descaler-RTU-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>We recommend a Hammerhead Marine Descaler Flush every 100 hours, or twice a year for any engine running in warm, calcium rich waters.\u00a0 This is a revolutionary change to outboard marine engine maintenance which has come about through Bright Bay\u2019s next generation chemistry.\u00a0 Only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bottompaintstore.com\/marine-descaler-by-hammerhead-p-12373.html\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Hammerhead Marine Descaler<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/a>\u00a0is made with aluminum safe cleaning agents designed for today\u2019s high performance marine engines. Now you can even descale your aluminum outboard engine safely!<\/p>\n<p>The <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bottompaintstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/4-Stroke-Outboard-cracked-block-less-than-200-hours1.pdf\">attached pictures<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>were taken of a 4 stroke outboard engine in Key West.\u00a0 The block cracked with less than 200 hours because marine scale had restricted water flow for engine cooling.\u00a0 Because water flow and scale buildup are a maintenance item, damage was not covered under the manufacturer\u2019s warranty on the $20,000 motor. A marine descaler would have prevented this damage.<\/p>\n<p>When compared to other brands such as Rydlyme Descaler and Barnacle Buster, we found Hammerhead <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bottompaintstore.com\/marine-descaler-by-hammerhead-p-12373.html\" target=\"_blank\">Marine Descaler<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to be as effective, less expensive\u00a0\u00a0and safe for use on aluminum outboards.<\/p>\n<p>Owners have historically only used \u201csalt away\u201d to flush outboard engines because acid descalers are not safe for the aluminum heads.\u00a0 Salt away does not remove marine biogrowth which ultimately causes engines to overheat.\u00a0 The traditional repair method for an overheating engine is to tear down and rebuild.\u00a0 We are going to recommend that an outboard <em>Hammerhead Flush<\/em> be done with each oil change as a preventative maintenance procedure for avoiding marine scale buildup, overheating, and engine rebuilds.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this video of Hammer Hear Marine Descaler in action!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Outboard Descaling System Demo\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wkJ1lmT2tb0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"http:\/\/w.sharethis.com\/widget\/?wp=6.9.7\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We recommend a Hammerhead Marine Descaler Flush every 100 hours, or twice a year for any engine running in warm, calcium rich waters.\u00a0 This is a revolutionary change to outboard marine engine maintenance which has come about through Bright Bay\u2019s next generation chemistry.\u00a0 Only Hammerhead Marine Descaler \u00a0is made with aluminum safe cleaning agents designed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[152,119,120],"tags":[248,247,249],"class_list":["post-308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boat-maintenance","category-engine-maitenance","category-marine-descaler","tag-barnacle-buster","tag-marine-descaler","tag-rydlyme"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bottompaintstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bottompaintstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bottompaintstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bottompaintstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bottompaintstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.bottompaintstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":971,"href":"https:\/\/www.bottompaintstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308\/revisions\/971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bottompaintstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bottompaintstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bottompaintstore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}