Winterizing Question

I am going to need a big assed backhoe. Our frost line is 6'.   

Dang dude.

Wow, all of you are better at being pricks then giving advice.

I would rather be a prick with an uncracked block.

I did offer some really, really sound advice: Always drain your block no matter what you do after.

WhiteLakeSkier wrote: Wow, all of you are better at being pricks then giving advice.

It took lottsa years of OB,IB and Stern drive service and repairs to be as prickey as I am. Seen lots like you come and go in this industry.Wisdom is an amazing quality, I know less now than I did 30 years ago, I let the grey hair do my talking. I do the service orders and order and install the parts needed, Karen takes the money.
I do not try to dazzle the owner, just swap him my ability for his dollars. Seems to work real well for an OLD MAN.........

Fl Inboards wrote: Winterizing??? Whats that??LOL!

I have also that question!!! LOL

WakeSlayer wrote: Winterizing is what we do instead of battoning down the hatches for a hurricane.

what is a hurricane?

LOL

Of course, this excludes Alan, who will have to winterize his Hurricane.

I wonder if he will drain it.

Ok then what's with the anti-Freeze?
Even when I lived in Montana I drained my Nautiques and MasterCrafts and left the plugs out til spring.
That's what we do at the factory before shipping.

Rob,

Yeh I know there is allot to this thread so in case you missed some:

Yes on the hose - see the linked thread. Since you use RV AF, it can go in the lake without harm.

But what you have been doing is fine and draining only is still common.

8122pbrainard wrote: With all the water drained out, 0 gallons of antifreeze would be fine. Some drain only and have no problems. I only use about a 1/2 gallon per boat simply as a extra "just in case" there's some water still in a block.

8122pbrainard wrote: I'd like to tell you that draining only was the normal procedure since the advent of the water cooled engine up until I'd say the early 70's. Some marinas and many individuals still drain only. Some will say using using all that antifreeze is so the block will completely fill and add corrosion protection. Does it really do much good? You will never get it completely full especially by pumping. Also keep in mind plain old water sits in it all summer.

link to good winterizing thread - pictures by Tim

I've always fogged down the carb. keep giving it gas so it doesn't choke out, wait for the smoke out the tail end and lower the RPM's until it dies. Aerosol fogging oil is available but I've always use 50% Marvel Mystery and 50% engine oil out of one of the pump oil cans.

Pete, He'll have to fog through the plug holes if it's an EFI gt40 as that's a dry intake. So it's not really a fogging as much as a 2 second shot into the cylinders. The aerosol is much easier in this case.

I winterize a boat that has a 377 Mercriuiser. It has the kind of efi that looks like a carb and I fog it. I've heard the other type, which is probably multi port, cannot be fogged. This type even uses a paper type flame arrestor, I guess because they have a dry intake. They are supposed to be much safer engines because of that. No water seperating fuel filter on efi either.

I winterize the 377 with the owner. We have never changed its lower unit oil. It's a duo prop. I'm always worried that if he has a few drops of water in there, it's going to crack during the winter, but he always proves me wrong.

81nautique wrote: WakeSlayer wrote: Of course, this excludes Alan, who will have to winterize his Hurricane. I wonder if he will drain it. Actually, last couple of years I've pulled my motors and stored them indoors

Even safer than draining AND filling with AF.

SO....   Drain, fill, and store indoors.

WE HAVE A LARGE HOUSE........

I just put Karens boat in one bedroom
& I put the Dart in the guest room.
The dogs sleep outside in the kennel , Karen keeps my other bed there .

As long as your bong water is a 50/50 mix of -100 A/f and water and you don't drop Dorito crumbs in the thermostat you should be OK.