I usually hang a bucket off the transom, I put a piece of rubber hose on the exhaust pipe and make sure it is in the bucket, I fill the bucket with antifreeze and I have a garden hose with a fitting that attached to the fresh water inlet, run the engine to get any water out so you do not dilute the antifreeze too much. Put the hose in the bucket and attach to the fresh water inlet on the motor, you can now run your motor till it warms up and the thermostat opens, fog the motor to stall it . I take the plugs out and put marvel mystery oil in each plug hole to keep moisture out over the winter,
Sent from Joe Bognar > On Nov 4, 2014, at 9:30 AM, Bernard Toews via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > I'm new to cnc. I should mention that I have never owned anything bigger than > a two man dinghy until I bought a 1979 34 C&C ( Hull No. 175) so I'm in the > unfortunate position of knowing very little about my boat and so I have lots > of questions and only a few answers. Websites, books and forums are very > important to me. I would classify myself as an inexperienced boat owner > although I am some experience sailing a keel boat. > > I am trying to learn to maintain the boat myself and I'm finding that the > learning curve is very steep. I am trying to get to know my boat and make > sure I do things right. > > > > I am winterizing the boat myself for the first time. I live in an area with a > harsh winter climate (Winnipeg, Manitoba) where the temperature can drop to > 40 below Celcius in the winter (not counting wind chill factors). The boat > has a raw water cooled 30 hp Atomic 4 engine. I want to make sure that I am > doing everything correctly when winterizing my boat. I have pumped RV 50 > below anti-freeze into the engine until the anti-freeze ran out of the > exhaust. I didn’t warm up the engine at the time since the boat was on the > hard and I had no water source. So, in order to be safe, I will be taking out > the thermostat and running anti-freeze through the engine again. I will then > open and leave open the three drain plugs or cocks ( cylinder block drain > cock located on the port side, drain plug located on the port side near the > water pump, and the manifold drain plug). I have been told to drain the > muffler in full for the winter but I don’t know what that means or how to > drain the muffler or even where it is located. Also, I have been told to > loosen the water pump cover and drain it. I’m not sure how to do this. I > would welcome responses and comments about these matters and also if there is > anything else I should be doing to winterize the engine or other parts of the > boat. > > I welcome any suggestions about sea cocks as to where they are located and > which sea cocks should be open over the winter and which should be closed > during the winter. > > > > I apologize for this lengthy message and will try to be brief in the future. > > > > Beyent > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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