I use teflon (PTFE) grease because it isn't petroleum-based. It hangs in really well, when I check my impeller every year there is still some residue in the pump.
Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On 28 May 2014 08:28, Steve Thomas via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>wrote: > It is, but so is propylene glycol engine coolant. I use it to winterise my > raw water cooled engine because it lubricates, contains corrosion > inhibitors, and is not too hard on the environment. I dump a little more > down the intake hose in the spring before I hook it up to the through hull > seacock. I use it in the head as well for the same reasons. > > Steve Thomas > C&C27 MKIII > > ------------------------------ > From: a.burton.sai...@gmail.com > Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 10:05:30 -0400 > > Subject: Re: Stus-List water pump impeller > To: sthom...@sympatico.ca; cnc-list@cnc-list.com > > > I assumed Marek was asking about the raw water impeller for which vaseline > is a good lubricant. > > Andy > C&C 40 > Peregrine > > > On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:00 AM, Steve Thomas via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Propylene glycol low toxicity engine coolant. > > Steve Thomas > C&C27 MKIII > > ------------------------------ > > > > -- > Andrew Burton > 61 W Narragansett Ave > Newport, RI > USA 02840 > http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ > phone +401 965 5260 > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of > page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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