Bill You make a good point. Winterizing is differnt for different boats and different systems and different sailors...it helps when we describe the systems we are winterizing...I responded with my approach to David who asked specifically about the Universal M4-30 because I winterize that engine every year on Alianna.
Dwight Dwight Veinot Alianna C&C 35 MKII Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Bill Coleman <colt...@verizon.net> wrote: > That is definitely a better alternative to what I do, it's just that my > strainer is behind the engine, and if I did that I would be disemboweled by > the alternator! > > Bill Coleman > C&C 39 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Eric > Frank > Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 10:47 AM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List winterizing engine > > A possible simplification of Bill's Groco Strainer solution? > > For the last couple of years I have just taken the lid off the Groco > Strainer and poured in antifreeze as the water pump pumped it out. Needs > to > stay full to avoid running the pump dry, but that is easy to do just by > watching the level. In a minute or so an entire gallon has gone through, I > kill the engine and am done. Is this procedure not good? > > Eric Frank > Cat'sPaw > > > Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 10:03:21 -0500 > > From: "Bill Coleman" <colt...@verizon.net> > > To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > > Subject: Re: Stus-List winterizing engine > > Message-ID: <02ff01cee14a$a98fb4c0$fcaf1e40$@net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > I have seen that done, so it must work. > > > > Two other suggestions, > > > > Replace your hose with a Silicone hose, ( I said I was a fan), these come > > right off and have no memory, kind of like me. > > > > Or, What I did was buy an extra plastic lid for my Groco Strainer, the > put > a > > hole in the middle and put a hose adapter into it. Screw a short hose on > it, > > then I poke a funnel into the hose. I start my engine, go below and pour > ? > > of a gallon of antifreeze then turn the engine off. > > > > 5 gallons, are you serial? I don?t use that much to winterize my whole > > boat! > > > > > > > > Bill Coleman > > > > C&C 39 animated_favicon1 > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com >
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