Would you spray your outboard with WD40

[Alistairr]

The one for the display in your new Mota!!!!



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[tcm]

Re: ooh yes

ah yes, the new mota. The display is too bright, and there seems no way to turn the display off without turning the lot off and having no radio/nav at all. On Mrs jfm's M-class it seems that it dims if you turn the lights on - not so on ours. But ours seems to have a outside light sensor that decides if it's day or night, and then turns distinctly dimmer at night - all sort-of dark blues rather than light bright grey. I found that i can set it to permanently night mode, so much better.

I have not found a way of shutting up the sodding beep beep beep constant alarm for seat belts - other than erm putting the seat belt on, which is er fair enough really. Altho i wd quite like the soddding thing to shut up. altho i kno i shd have a seatbelt on...

Only other prob is that i have busted the powered rear tailgate, but am going to the menders to get it seen to.

Aside from all the above - it goes like a rocket.

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[Alistairr]

Re: ooh yes

Good glad to hear you're enjoying it.

You could try pulling the fuse, on the beeper,,,,, but that wouldn't be big or clever, i would never suggest such a thing./forums/images/icons/wink.gif



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[tcm]

Re: ooh yes

oho. I will have another look, tho the fuses seem to cover large lunks of stuff, and not each little tiny thing.

I idly wondered how to remove the speed limiter on it...

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[duncan]

Started of as NC-123 didn't it? Pink cans? or am I showing my age again....

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[jfm]

I always spray it on outboards. Can keep them looking like new even after 10-20 years in saltwater. I have never seen any damage to plastics and rubber. I wish it didn't smell so bad though.

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[BarryH]

Yes .ahem,........anyway. WD on outboards is ok no probs there. I've always used Duckoil. Bit thicker, no much though and does not dry to form a film. Stays sort of oily!
Wash it off once a year or so then reapply once you've serviced and lub'd the thing.

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[burgundyben]

Isn't the WD in the name an acronym for water displacement?

corrosive my arse.

I am still here btw, just not had time to post lately

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[KevB]

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

I think you have answered your own question....

"Hi all for many years after I have used my boat I give it all a good hose down, flush the engine YAM 55 outboard and give the powerhead a spray with WD40 to try and keep corrosion at bay, I must say the engine still looks like new and it is some years old"

 

[BrendanS]

From their website
In 1953, a fledgling company called Rocket Chemical Company and its staff of three set out to create a line of rust-prevention solvents and degreasers for use in the aerospace industry, in a small lab in San Diego, California.

It took them 40 attempts to get the water displacing formula worked out. But they must have been really good, because the original secret formula for WD-40—which stands for Water Displacement perfected on the 40th try—is still in use today

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[BrendanS]

according to their website, it was marketed as WD-40 from the start. Don't know anything about NC-123??

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[Dave1258]

Trying to make things clearer...................
Yes it contains fish oil, thats why Pike anglers spray it on their deadbaits nowadays, yes it was for rocket use, (anyone remember seeing "Rocket wd40" on the spray can).
It is corrosive it contains sodium hypochlorite, the equivalent strength to commercial bleach! ......Still wanna rub it all over your shiny outboard covers? or better still, try polishing your car bonnet with it, week in week out....stand back and admire the results!.....





My father was a chemist....at WD40; nuff said

Dave

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[BrendanS]

If it does contain sodium hypocholorite ....

(which I doubt - it's not mentioned in any online hazard treatment source - which tell doctors how to treat ingestion, eye contamination etc - the ingredients are listed as:
aliphatic petroleum distillate, petroleum base oil, non hazardous ingredients, and carbon dioxide)

.....then the sodium hypochlorite has been neutralised by another active ingredient.

WD40 make other products which do contain sodium hypochlorite, but I cannot see any evidence that WD-40 itself contains any. They wouldn't recommend on their website that it can be used to clean car paintwork if it contained any sort of active bleach

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[MainlySteam]

I side with the "it is safe to use" group.

WD-40 has been around for so long now and has been used so frequently for spraying outboard and other motors that if it caused a problem that problem would be very well known. I think this thread has shown that there is no well known problem. But just in case, the acid test:

Hands Up everyone who can definitively claim that their own use (not uncle Harry's friend's, nor anyone else's supposed use) of WD-40 on an outboard motor has caused it physical harm. If you can make such claim, let us know what the WD-40 Company said when you went to them for compensation.

I'll keep score if you like, should be easy /forums/images/icons/smile.gif.

John

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[BarryH]

I got some in my eye once.Hurt like hell. On the upside its been squeeky free eversince!


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[poter]

Yup, carry on..

We sprayed WD (the only thing you could get in the middle east) on outboards for years, in one of the harshest enviroments in the world 'The Gulf' & they just kept on goin.
We had one Chrysler 115 that lasted at least 12 years, being used 3 or 4 times a week & we sold it still working.


poter.



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[nickjaxe]

Well thanks to everybody that had input here, it seem the overwhelming view is that its ok, the duck oil that was mentioned, I used to use this on my car years ago did not know that you could still get it, I liked the way it left a protective film, is it still available if so where from.
Regards Nick in Cheshire

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[BarryH]

uh huh. can still get Duck oil. Altho I buy it in 5 gallon drums for about 18 quid at Maccess tade place. I tend to slap it on anything that might rust if not used for a while.......works well on the wife!

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[longjohnsilver]

Funny, she says the same about your todger!

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