David:
I do the same on the 'hard'....remove the raw water hose in front of the
raw water pump.....connect a hose to the pump to a 5 gallon bucket in
the cockpit with a running fresh water hose into the bucket...flush the
engine of salt water with fresh water .....heat the engine up.....stop
engine.....empty bucket.....then fill bucket with 2 gallons of
antifreeze (1 gal. undiluted + 1 gal water 50% - 50% mixture) .....run
until antifreeze exists transom.....has worked that way for me for 10
years now. Pretty simple.
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 -84
Halifax. N.S.
On 2015-09-28 2:56 PM, David Knecht via CnC-List wrote:
My solution is simpler. I found a tubing size at the hardware store
that fit snugly into the outside opening of the raw water intake. I
got about 15’ piece, fill it with antifreeze and plug one end into the
intake and the other into a bucket of antifreeze on deck. I then
start the engine and wait for the antifreeze to be sucked through and
come out the exit port on the transom. It takes surprisingly long,
before the suction starts. I am presuming that means the thermostat
controls the raw water flow through the heat exchanger, not the closed
loop antifreeze flow? Dave
Aries
1990 C&C 34+
New London, CT
On Sep 28, 2015, at 11:33 AM, Edd Schillay via CnC-List
<cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote:
Listers,
I’m thinking of adding an extra hose and a Y-Valve for the raw water
intake to make winterizing and commissioning the engine easier — as
things stand now, I need to close the through-hull, unfasten the hose
clamps and pull on the hose in a tight little area.
Has anyone done this? Any disadvantages? What type of valve did you use?
All the best,
Edd
Edd M. Schillay
Starship Enterprise
C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B
City Island, NY
Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/>
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