Kawasaki STX-15F service manual Periodic Maintenance

2-20 PERIODIC MAINTENANCE

Periodic Maintenance Procedures

•Obtain a standard garden hose [A] and a garden hose adapter [B] as shown.

Garden Hose Fitting of Adapter [C] Flushing Fitting of Adapter [D] Thread: Rp 3/4 [E]

NOTE

○Optional part (P/No. 92005-3746) is available as a gar- den hose adapter.

•Open the front storage compartment cover.

•Remove the flushing cap [A] on the brim of the storage compartment.

•Screw[B]. a garden hose adapter [A] onto the flushing fitting

•Attach a garden hose [C] to a garden hose adapter and secure the hose clamp [D].

•Start the engine and allow it to idle before turning on the water.

CAUTION

The engine must be running before the water is turned on or water may flow back through the exhaust pipe into the engine, resulting in the pos- sibility of severe internal damage.

•Immediately turn on the water and adjust the flow so that a little trickle of water comes out of the bypass outlet [A] on the right side of the hull.